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THE HISTORY OF THE
3RIGHAM FAMILY
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( A RECORD OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
I DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS BRIGHAM
^ THE EMIGRANT, 1603-1653
By
W. I. TYLER IIRIGHAM
Late Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Southern History Association, British Record Society, Society of
Colonial Wars, Governor Thomas Dudley Association,
Sons of the American Revolution, etc.
Collated and edited by
EMMA E, BRIGHAM '
WILLIAM E. BRIGHAM, Associate Editor
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CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOK FUND
The following named Special Contributors, by their generous
provision, made possible the preparation and publication of The
History of the Brigham Family:
Arthur L. Allen of Pittsburg.
Alfred Brigham of Boston.
A. Ward Brigham of New York.
Charles O. Brigham of Toledo.
Edmimd D. Brigham of Chicago.
Edmund S. Brigham of Boston.
Elizabeth F. Brigham of Brookline.
Emma E. Brigham of Boston.
George E. Brigham of Boston.
George French Brigham of Sharon, Wis.
Helen F. Brigham of Cambridge.
Helen S. Brigham of Fitchburg.
Henry H. Brigham of Chicago.
Joel Brigham of Wauseon, Ohio.
Johnson Brigham of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mary E. Brigham of Medfield, Mass.
Mary M. Brigham of Cambridge.
William E. Brigham of Somerville, Mass.
Dwight R. Burrell of Canandaigua, N. Y.
Rose Brigham Coxford of New York.
Sarah L. Hill of Newton, Mass.
Elmer P. Howe of Boston.
George A. Lowe of Salt Lake City.
Henry Brigham Rice of Boston.
L. Frederick Rice of Boston.
CONTENTS
History
I Etymology of Brigham ....
II Orthography of Brigham ....
Ill English Brigham Places ....
IV Author's Journey to Brigham Places .
V Heraldry and Brigham " Armigers " .
VI Nicholas Brigham, Poet, Jurist, Antiquarian
VII Early American Brighams ....
VIII Marlboro and Its Brighams
Genealogy
Thomas Brigham, the Emigrant
Second Generation
Third Generation .
Fourth Generation
Fifth Generation .
Sixth Generation .
Seventh Generation
Eighth Generation
Ninth Generation .
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Appendix
A " Brigham Farme on Ye Rocks "
B Brighams in the Early Wars .
C American Brigham Places
D Brigham Young, not a Brigham
E Two Brigham Hospitals
F The Brigham Family Association
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Addenda 564
Owner's Lineage 565
Index 567
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Willard I. T. Brigham ..... Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
St. Bridget's Cathedral, Brigham, Cumberland, England . 6
Earl Gray Monument, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Brigham Forge;
Site of Ancient Chapel, Brigham; Field of Parliament . 8
Brigham, Yorkshire. Brigham Monument; Manor House;
Brigham Arms and Landing; Brigham Hill . . . 10
Brigham, Cumberland. Main Street; School-house; Approach
to St. Bridget's Church; Bridge over Derwent . ' . 12
Priest Whitney Place, Northboro; John- Brigham's Mill
Dam, Northboro; SamueP Brigham's Tanyard, Marl-
boro; Indian Burial Plot on Thomas- Brigham's Farm . 26
Brigham Cemetery, Marlboro ...... 28
Map of Cambridge in 1635 35
Grave of SamueP Brigham, Marlboro Cemetery; "Mercy
Kurd's Cap Box" 53
Room in Joseph* Brigham House, Marlboro . ... 66
Signatures of Heirs of Colonel Levi Brigham . . .106
Joseph* Brigham House, Marlboro . . . . .110
Judge Elijah Brigham (99); Forbes (Moses"* Brigham)
Homestead, Westboro . . . . . . .130
Gershom* Brigham House, Westboro; Captain Tilly^ Brig-
ham House, Brookfield . . . . . . .146
Winslow and Alice (Cushing) Brigham (101) . . .154
Paul Brigham (128) 169
Major Jedediah Brigham (164) 192
Monument to Colonel Ephraim Brigham . . . .212
Colonel Ephraim Brigham Homestead, Marlboro . . . 224
Elijah Brigham Phillips (248) 242
Nathaniel and Dolly (Ball) Brigham (249) .... 250 T
Thomas Brigham Rice (339) 292 ^
Peter Bent Brigham (343) 296
Henry R. Brigham (344) 298
Aiiariah Brigham, M. D., (365) 310
Charles Brigham (381); Lieut. Charles H. Brigham . . 319
William Pitt Brigham (397) 328
John Brigham (423) ........ 344
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Mary A. Brigham (441) . . . . . .
Lincoln F. Brigham (474)
Dr. Adolphus Brigham (485)
Charles H. Brigham (746); John S. Brigham (491); Mrs
Ella Brigham Stevens; Edward D. Brigham (820)
Dr. Leverett E. Goodell (504)
Hon. Joel Brigham (507) ....
Lemuel Hawley Brigham (536)
Luther Ayers Brigham (537)
Waldo Brigham (538)
Henry M. McFarland (538)
Robert Breck Brigham (539)
Addington M. Brigham (541)
Mavor Brigham (562) ....
Lewis and Susan Augusta (Brigham) Rice (522)
Phineas Brigham (640) ....
Elijah Winslow Brigham (524)
Hon. Lewis Alexander Brigham (654)
William Dexter Brigham (676)
Martyn Freeman Brigham (69S) .
Emma E. Brigham (693)
Hosea W. Brigham (699)
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352
370
376
Dexter H. Brigham (706)
Loriman S. Brigham (713)
Seth E. Brigham (735)
Lewis Frederick and Caroline Elizabeth (Ellis) Rice (522)
Dr. Franklin W. Brigham (739) •
Colonel Joseph H. Brigham (751)
William E. Brigham (761) .
C. O. Brigham (768)
Brigham Family Association at Worcester, 1896
Alasco De Lancey Brigham (799) ; Mrs. Rose Brigham
Coxford ......
Hon. Johnson Brigham (802) . .
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter E. Brigham (811)
Nathaniel Maynard Brigham (813)
Dr. B. A. R. Brigham (823)
Brigham Family Association at Marlboro, 1898
Brigham Family Association at Boston, 1904
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PREFACE
After almost incredible obstacles The History of the Brigham
Family is herewith submitted to the living descendants of Thomas
Brigham, the Puritan. Until this volume, the only record of this
great American family was to be found in the conscientious vol-
ume, Brigham, issued by Rev. Abner Morse, A. M., in 1859- The
idea of taking up and developing the work so well begun by Mr.
Morse had its inception with Dr. B. A. R. Brigham of Chicago,
through whose instrumentality the Brigham Family Association
was organized 18 Oct., 1893 (see Appendix). It was and always
has been the main purpose of the Association to publish a family
history, but Dr. Brigham personally assumed the task and responsi-
bility of preparing the work, although drawing heavily upon mem-
bers of the family throughout the country for support. In 1896,
by reason of ill health, he had become so incapacitated for work
that he was compelled to relinquish the task he had laid out for
himself.
Since its organization, Willard Irving Tyler Brigham of Chi-
cago had served the Association modestly, but with marked ability
as historian, and in 1901, the task of bringing genealogical order
out of existing chaos was placed in his competent hands. He
already had attracted some notice in the genealogical field and had
made good progress with the Tyler Genealogy. No family ever
was blessed with a more painstaking and conscientious, yet brillant
historian. He had abandoned a promising career at the bar to take
up work of this class, and for years had been studying and traveling
in pursuit of genealogical knowledge, particularly with reference
to the Tyler and Brigham families. His historical sketches of
the Brigham Family, including a most exhaustive attempt to trace
its origin in Great Britain, were collated and published in an official
report in 1901. Revised by Mr. Brigham, these constitute an im-
portant feature of the present work. The pictures of scenes in
Great Britain which appear herein are from original photographs
taken by Mr. Brigham on this trip.
Acting under a definite arrangement with the officials of the
B. F. A., Mr. Brigham entered bravely upon his work in the sum-
mer of 1901. He had practically to start anew, but after the
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decease of Dr. Brigham, he negotiated, on behalf of the B. F. A.,
the return of the records gathered by the Doctor, which had been
retained by his estate. These were of material assistance, although
the papers had been much injured by lack of care and were often
diflBcult to decipher. These papers were destroyed by our gene-
alogist after he had carefully copied them all, hence we have been
unable to consult them for purposes of verification.
President Charles O. Brigham of Toledo devised the plan under
which an arrangement was made with Willard I. T. Brigham to
complete and publish 350 copies of the Family History within three
and one-half years, the original term of five years having been
shortened by the receipt of the Doctor's papers. Ill health soon
drove Willard to Arizona, where he continued his work for two
years, practically from a dying bed. His one prayer was that he
might live long enough to complete the work he had undertaken.
This, however, was not to be, for he died in Auburn, California,
26 Sept., 1904. None except those intimately associated with him
and his work can appreciate the sacrifices made by him and his
devoted wife, the hardships and discouragements under which he
labored and the debt of gratitude which all of the name and blood
of Brigham owe to his memory.
Mr. Brigham's death was a stunning blow to the enterprise. So
thoroughly, however, had his work been done that the Publication
Committee found it practicable to place the data, all in the hand-
writing of the genealogist, in the hands of an editor.
A competent person was found in Miss Emma E. Brigham of
Boston. She had been actively identified with the B. F. A. since
its inception (librarian-curator 1893-1896, secretary 1896-1900,
treasurer 1900-1906-7), and by means of intimate associations had
acquired a more accurate and thorough knowledge of the Brigham
lines than anyone else. She had also the advantages of large
executive training and a good literary equipment. At great self-
sacrifice. Miss Brigham collated and edited the MS. left by the
deceased genealogist, meantime adding names and data represent-
ing about one thousand persons.
A third tragic event in the career of The History of the Brigham
Family was the death, 2 May, 1906, of Charles O. Brigham of
Toledo, President of the B. F. A., and Chairman of the Publication
Committee, but for whose personal influence and financial aid it
would have been well-nigh impossible to continue the work. Not-
withstanding the great loss of President Brigham's able and en-
thusiastic co-operation in everything appertaining to the family
publication, the work was continued to completion, and is herewith
respectfully submitted. It doubtless has been impossible, owing to
the circumstances under which this volume was compiled, to avoid
PREFACE xiii
errors, omissions and misunderstandings. We believe, however, that
The History of the Brigham Family is substantially accurate. No
pains to make it so have been spared. Our readers will bear in
mind, of course, that the names, dates and other facts contained in
the book are not the personal compositions of the author or editors,
but, in a great majority of cases, have been contributed by others.
In the preparation of this book for the press, the work of our
genealogist has been revised and verified to the extent of our ability,
and much new matter has been added. The chapter on " Thomas
Brigham, the Emigrant," was wholly rewritten by Mr. Henry A.
Phillips of Boston. All except letters C and D of the Appendix,
are by the editors. The name of Rev. Abner Morse cannot be too
highly honored by the Brigham Family for his service in collecting
and publishing its earlier records; but Mr. Morse worked under
great disadvantages and discouragements — practically without as-
sistance of any kind, in fact — and it is not surprising, therefore,
that we frequently have been compelled to omit reference to many
statements which in his book stand forth as interesting and appar-
ently important. In other cases, Mr. Morse's was the only authority
available and we have accepted it with this fact in mind.
In addition to the invaluable pages of Mr. Morse, we are espe-
cially indebted to the late Rev. Lucius R. Paige and Hon. Charles
Hudson, whose histories of Cambridge and Marlboro respectively
have supplied us with much useful information; and to Mrs. Har-
riette M. Forbes, formerly of Westboro, from whose Diary of Rev.
Ehenezer Parkman of Westboro (editor) and The Hundredth
Town, we have drawn freely for facts and color unobtainable
elsewhere. Our warmest thanks are due Mrs. Edwin E. Nelson of
Fort Worth, Texas (Mrs. Willard I. T, Brigham), for her cordial
assistance to the editors in the early period of our labors. Mrs.
Nelson has fulfilled to the letter every agreement made by her late
husband, as far as lay in her power, and placed at our disposal
everything in her possession that could aid us to complete the task
our genealogist was compelled to relinquish.
We would record our obligations also to Messrs. S. IngersoU
Briant, president of the Westboro Historical Society, E. M. God-
dard, assistant state librarian of Vermont, and Ernest D. Bugbee
of Springfield, Mass., for the loan of valuable portrait and locality
plates; to Mr. Thomas M. Hutchinson of Winchester, Mass., for
unique data establishing beyond question the location of Thomas^
Brigham's " Farme on Ye Rocks " ; to Mr. Charles D. Elliot of
Somerville, Mass., for the use of his excellent " Map of Cambridge
in 1635," whereby we are enabled to show the site of the original
13-acre grant to Thomas^ Brigham in Watertown and of the home-
stead where he died; to Mr. Weston F. Hutchins of Boston for
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great assistance in the collation of war records and preparation of
the general index; and to Mr. L. Frederick Rice of Boston for
special aid of a financial nature at a recent most critical period.
It is with pleasure, also, that we acknowledge our wholly satis-
factory relations with Messrs. Frederic H. and Thomas B. Hitch-
cock of the Grafton Press, whose interested co-operation, helpful
suggestions and practical skill in book-making have been of great
service to this undertaking.
Owing to sharp limitations as to time and money, the references
in the Index have been confined to the genealogical section, and to
persons of or directly connected with the Brigham Family; notwith-
standing that we would have preferred a broader and slightly dif-
ferent arrangement.
The first and most natural question to be asked of the genealogist
relates to the over-sea origin of our common ancestor. What and
where was the origin of Thomas Brigham, the Puritan? It was
one of the primary purposes of these researches to answer this
question ; and it implies no discredit to the ability of the genealogist,
no reflection upon the Brigham line that the answer is stOl in doubt.
More or less exhaustive descriptions of British Brigham names and
places will be found in succeeding pages, but we have thought it
weU to embody here the latest conclusions respecting the English
ancestry of Thomas Brigham the Puritan, reached by Mr. Willard
I. T. Brigham. How indefatigably he worked to discover the facts
his chapters devoted to research in Great Britain attest. Had he
lived to make his purposed second visit to Great Britain, the con-
clusions might have been decisive. We quote Willard I. Tyler
Brigham, as follows:
It was formerly my impression that perhaps all the Brighams sprang
from a common Brigham ancester, whose origin I was inclined to attribute
to Yorkshire. Later researches, however, led me to the changed belief that
there were no less than four distinct Brigham lines, founded by individuals,
who assumed this surname in the early days, when it became the proper
thing to have a surname; and that they assumed this particular name be-
cause they lived at one or another of the four Brigham places.
From which branch descended our " Thomas the Puritan," I regret my
present inability to say, though I incline to the opinion that it was York-
shire. I made thorough search among wills in the Perogative and Ex-
chequer Court of York, and the Durham Probate Court, in hopes of gleaning
some clue which would lead to an intelligent solution of the vexatious
problem, but in vain. In the Canterbury Probate from 1598 to 1660 occur
but eleven Brigham wills, the residence of four being in London, three in
Yorkshire, and one each in Oxford, Surrey, Sussex and Kent counties. At
Durham Probate I was disappointed in not finding a single Brigham will.
As its jurisdiction extended (until recently) over Northumberland, as well
as Durham County (both of which lie just above Yorkshire), I was pre-
pared to find many Brigham estates.
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York Probate, however, makes a better showing; in fact, the largest, I
fancy, of any court in the Kingdom. From 1437 to 1603, I found thirty-
two Brigham wills. This latter year was the one at which I began to make
careful search, which I found' to embrace the period between 1602 to 1660;
during which time I found eighteen Brigham estates. . . . My regret
was poignant that not a clue was found tending to point out the origin of
our " Thomas the Puritan "...
Let us not forget that Mr. Morse never made any personal re-
search in England and that Mr. Brigham's work there was the first
attempted on a scientific basis. It is profoundly to be hoped that
the invaluable records of Mr. Brigham's painstaking industry in
this field, herewith preserved, will inspire some ambitious family
historian of the future to a quest which will be rewarded with com-
plete success.
Boston, May, 1, 1907.
HISTORY
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HISTORY
ETYMOLOGY OF BRIG-HAM
Our family tree must be considered under two heads, Brig and
hain. Ferguson {Popular County Histories, Cumberland) con-
tains this statement: " The Saxon equivalent of ton or tun (which
mean, we need hardly remind, a town) is heim and ham." Ham-let
is still used to designate a small village.
Again, Teller {An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary) states: "The
Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it (i. e., ham) is
vicus. ... In this sense, it is the general assemblage of the dwell-
ings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture
of the community were appurtenant: the home of all the settlers
in a separate and well-defined locality: the collection of the houses
of the freemen." In another paragraph, the same author observes:
" Ham, a dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession. It is so fre-
quently coupled with words implying presence of water as to render
it probable that (like the Friesic ' hemmen ') i£ denotes a piece of
land surrounded by paling, wickerwork, etc., and so defended against
the stream, which would otherwise wash it away." (Citing Codex
Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici) " Ham-steall=:homestead."
Grimm's Deutsches Worterbuch contains, " Hame, hamen, used
in Netherlands and middle Germany, meaning a net (collective sense,
like home). Hamm, found in Bremen Dictionary in the sense of any
enclosure; especially, meadow; but also, forest, house, or farm."
Roemer's Origins of the English People and the English Lan-
guage, pp. 190 et seq., has this interesting summary: " By far the
most important elements which enter into Anglo-Saxon names are
the suffixes ham and ing. Like many other Saxon forms, ham signi-
fies primarily an enclosure; something that hems in; a meaning not
very different from that of ton and worth, or even the Norse by."
Again (p. 474), the same author states: "The Saxons preferred
country to city life; generally dwelt near forests in clusters of
houses, called ham."
" Ham " is our English home, and has a very ancient history.
Ham is of Aryan parentage; and exhaustive research would discover
some form of the word in all the languages of such origin. The
word is found in all parts of Europe whose people contributed to
the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England.
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4 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Passing to the " Brig " of our Brig-ham, there is not the same
certainty of meaning. There are three roots — with the distinct
meanings, bridge, hill, strife — all of which in the lapse of time have
assumed the form " brig." As Brigham is a place name, we must
consult the environment, and let probabilities determine.
Speaking of the several localities: — "Brigham," Yorkshire and
Cumberland, as well as the modern hamlet by the same name (near
Keswick), " Bridgeham " (formerly Brighaux), Norfolk (all in
England), as well as " Birgham (the historical Brigham), Berwick,
Scotland, — the writer concludes that the " brig " was derived, in
each instance, from the root signifying bridge, because all five
places are upon bridgeable streams : most, in fact, possessing bridges
to this day, while to the Scotch Brigham attaches tradition of an
ancient bridge.
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ORTHOGRAPHY OF BRIGHAM
Early English spelling was phonetic. Words were spelled in
a variety of ways. This variance was increased by the composite
complexion of the nation. Composed of members of the Brigantes,
Celts, Scandinavians, Danes, Saxons, Angles, Frisians, and Nor-
mans (with their digressive vowel and consonant tones, not to men-
tion individual vagaries), conventional orthography was for ages
an impossibility.
From records covering more than a thousand years, the writer
found the following forms of Brigham: " Bringeham, Briccham,
Bricgham, Brygcham, Brycgham, Brygham, Brycham, Brigholm,
Briggeholm, Briggham, Briggeham, Briggam, Briglam, Briglame,
Brighame, Brigh'm, Brigeham, Birgeame, Birgham, Bridgeham,
and Brigham: twenty-one ways all told. More might be found;
especially if the Latin (" declined ") forms were included. Of the
foregoing, only two (Bridgeham and Brigham) are known by the
writer to have crystallized into patronymics.
Seeming discrepancies disappear by bearing in mind: —
1. The Saxons had several forms for their word bridge, i. e.,
brycg, brygc, bricg, brigg, and bryc; all equivalent to the " brig " in
our surname.
2. The Teutonic word home was taken by colonizers to England;
and lingers in the " North countrie."
3. Holm was (formerly) interchangeable with ham. Brigham
(Scotland) was sometimes styled (in early days) Brigholm.
4. The letter h is an aspirate; and so, inserted or dropped, does
not influence the pronunciation. We now spell our name " Brig-
ham " but pronounce it " Brig'am," is if the h were omitted.
ENGLIsfi BRIGHAM PLACES 5
5. The insertion of e, elision of a,, and doubling of g are readily
accounted for; by individual idiosyncracy, as well as by diver-
gence of racial phonetics. In Hotten's work (List of Emi-
grants) we find " Thomas Brig (g) ham," the second g in paren-
thesesj to indicate the conventional spelling.
6. But the changing of historic " Brigham " (Scotland) to mod-
ern " Birgham " (pronounced Bur-jam) is to us inexplicable;
although " North countrie " dialecticians may see a logical transi-
tion.
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ENGLISH BRIGHAM PLACES
There appear to have been several early Brigham localities whose
names have been changed in succeeding centuries, as we learn from
the Domesday Book (p. 83, b).
Whatever may be the modern appellations of the places there
mentioned the author has not learned.
BRIGHAMj NORFOLK
Bricgham, Norfolk Co., is mentioned (among other places) in
Calendar Close Rolls (Ed. 2, 1313-1318, p. 373). This is the
" Royal Manor of Bridgeham," mentioned in the Records of the
Historical MS. Com. (London), Vol. 10, prt. 3, pp. 81, 199 (Gowdy
MSS.). It was called Brigham in the Middle Ages until after 1500
(see Particulars for Grants, Index Locorum — Henry VIII., Pub.
Rec. off., London).
Stacy (Hist. Norfolk Co., 1829) says it was named from the
bridge which was the passage to Rovrtham Cross, a way much fre-
quented by pilgrims traveling from Suffolk and other parts to our
" Lady of Walsingham."
Bridgham is situated two miles from the Harling Road Station
and six from Thetford Station on the Great Eastern Ry. No
Brigham is there. In fact, the only one in Norfolk Co. Directory
lives in Norwich (an old Brigham habitat), twenty miles distant.
Bridgham parish contains the Manor of Hackford and the village
of Rondham (whose church was burned many years ago). Its
ancient church has an old Norman north porch, and, as there is no
tower, its two bells hang in a yard-house.
BRIGHAM, YORKSHIRE
The most persistent Brigham line (so far as records show) were
dwellers in this town, from the time of the Norman Conqueror
(l606) to the present generation; a pedigree of heirship can be
found in Poulson's Holderness.
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From Monasticon Eboracense (Burton, York, 1758) we ascertain
(p. 218) that the Priory of Bridlington (founded in the reign of
K. Hen. I.) had lands at " Brigham " from various donors.
Chronica Monasterii de Melsa (1242-'69) has an account from
William of Driffield, 9th Abbot, of an " inquisition " held at the
" Hermitage of Brygham."
From Dugdale's Visitation (from Heralds' College, 1655-73) we
learn, that from the time of Glover's Visitation (1585), the families
of gentlemen in Holderness had decreased in number from 39 to
17: of which latter number appears " William Brigham of Brigham
& Wyton, Esq., aged 52."
Sheahan & Whellen's History and Topography of the City of
York and the East Riding of Yorkshire (1856, p. 473) recites: —
" Brigham Township extends over an area of 1,470 acres, and
contains 139 inhabitants. The ratable value is ^1,553. The family
of Brigham possessed the whole of the Brigham Estate, . . . and
their pedigree is fully recorded in Heralds' College from 1100 to
1853. . . . The Hamlet of Brigham is situated on the River Hull,
near Frodingham Bridge, about five miles southeast from Driffield,
and one mile southwest of Foston."
BRIGHAM, CUMBERLAND *
This is a very ancient settlement, and has been the theater, in
earlier ages, of stirring and important events.
Inquisitio Eliensis (p. 515, a) records the early " Church in Brig-
ham, with 12 acres of free land, rated at 2 shillings."
The parish of Brigham (which includes ten townships) lies on
the south side of the River Derwent, spanned by a fine bridge, whose
opposite shore was the site of a Roman fortress. The locality is
a few miles west of Cockermouth, and a few east of Workington (its
seaport), being in Allerdale ward, and the archdeaconry of Rich-
mond. It is about five and one-half miles in extent, north and
south, and four miles east and west.
Soon after " The Conquest," this locality passed from William
de Meschines to Waldeof, who, it is believed, built here a great
castle, which became the baronial seat of his successors, the lords
of Allerdale. Situated upon " The Marches," between two hostile
nations (Scotland and England), these lords were courted by both
great powers, and almost continually at war in behalf of that king-
dom to which might temporarily be owed a changeful allegiance.
* Published authorities : Nicholson & Burns Hist. Westmoreland &
Cumberland, Vol. II, p. 59; Hutchinson's Hist. Cumberland, Vol. II, p.
104; Carlisle's Topographical Diet, of England; Lewis' Top. & Hist. Diet,
of England., p. 232; Magna Britania; Annals of the Caledonians, Picts &
Scots, (Ribson, Edby., 1828), Vol. II, p. 228; Cronicon Cumbriae.
ENGLISH BRIGHAM PLACES 7
The castle, built of material brought from the old Roman fortress
over Durwent, was in 1648 garrisoned for the royal cause; but after
a month's siege dismantled. The gate house and adjoining rooms
(including double dungeon capable of guarding 100 prisoners) were
the last relics of the ruins to pass into oblivion. The castle and
manor descended from Waldeof to Fitz Duncan (nephew of the
Scottish King Malcolm) ; and his coheiresses — ^who married into the
families of Albemarle and Lucy — shared in moieties. On the death
of William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, without issue, this
moiety lapsed to the crown, was bestowed upon Piers Gavestone,
and in 1323 granted by K. Ed. II. to Anthony, Lord Lucy, who
possessed, by inheritance, the other moiety. His sister and heiress,
Maud, in 1369, settled the property upon her second husband,
Percy, Earl of Northumberland. The next Lord was Seymour,
Duke of Somerset, by marriage with the only daughter of the last
Earl Northumberland; thence unto the Earls of Egremont, to whom
belong the court-leets and dismissions for the copyhold tenants of
Brigham.
Brigham Church (dedicated to St. Bridget and formerly rec-
torial) is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Books (in
1808) at £ 20, 16, 0 1-2, situated in the diocese of Chester, arch-
deaconry of Richmond and deanery of Copeland. The modern East
End of the village is called " Eller Beck " Brigham.
The published inscriptions of the graveyard from 1666 to 1876
(H. T. Wake, Cockermouth, 1878) do not show a single decedant
of the name Brigham. The present vicar does not think the
family has ever been prominent in the community; though he cites
one who died in Cromwell's day, fighting in defense of Cockermouth
castle. But in 12l6-'72 there was a noble family of the name there
whose male line, that of Waldeve de Brigham, was early extinct.
BRIGHAM, BERWICKSHIRE
Brigham (modern Birgham — pronounced Bur-jam), Berwick-
shire, Scotland,* is a very ancient settlement situated at the head of
Tweed navigable waters (in salmon fishing second only to the Tay) ;
and, as its name implies, once spanning its flood by a bridge, now
only a tradition. Lying on " The Marches," it was for ages rent
by wars between the ever-contending England and Scotland; and
is but three miles from famous " Wark " castle, nor far from Norham
* Some published authorities: Lewis' Topographical Diet, of Scot-
land (1846), p. 128; Carlisle's Topo. Diet, of Scot. (1813); Statistical
Ace. of Scot, by Haddington (1845), p. 50; Ordnance Gazetteer of Scot.,
Groome, (London), p. 157; Ridpath's Border Hist., pp. 104, 166; Ex-
chequer Rolls of Scotland; Chronicle of Roger de Hovenden; Acts of the
Parliaments of Scotland, pp. m, 441, 442, Vol. II, pp. 124, 125; Haile's
Annals of Scotland; Calendar Patent Rolls.
8 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
similarly famed, in the midst of a district immortalized by the poet-
novelist, Scott. That Brigham was anciently an important center
we may infer from meetings of parliament held, and " Brigham
Treaty " confirmed here.
This village is situated in the parish of Eccles (so called from its
number of ancient churches). Ecclesiastically, it is a chapelry,
appendant to the rectory of Eccles, the ancient seat of Cistercian
nuns (antedating preserved history), whose nunnery (according to
Hovenden and the Melrose Chronicle) , refounded by Gospatrick,
Earl of March, is now only a fragment of ruins. The town is on
the main highway from London to Edinburgh, and noted for several
several ancient events, among them being the following: —
In 1188, William the Lion, King of Scots, with his bishops, earls,
barons, and vassals met (at Brigham) Hugh, Bishop of Durham,
who was sent by English King Henry 11. to collect a " Saladin
tenth " tax to carry on the Holy Land crusades. The tax was not
granted.
March 17, 1290, Queen Margaret held here a parliament, at which
letters were drafted by the magnates of Scotland regarding the
marriage of their Queen with Prince Edward (son of K. Ed. I. of
England). This assembly also communicated its consent to the
Norway King, whom it requested to send his daughter speedily to
England.
July 18, 1290, the " Treaty of Brigham " was here consummated
(Patent 18 Ed. I., m. 9) ; but renounced by the Scottish King Baliol
two years after. By this marriage contract between Q. Margaret
and Prince Edward, the independence of Scotland was recognized.
(The death soon after of the young queen, in one of the Orkneys,
defeated the intended marriage.)
According to de Hovenden, " Bricgham " was in 883 the property
of St. Cuthbert. In the National MSS. of Scotland (Craig, 1867)j
prt. 1, facsim. 7, one may see a facsimile of a charter of English
King William II. to Durham church, 1097-1100, including the
" Messuage of Brycgham," with adjacent lands, woods, and waters,
and all wrecks of ships and other customs, to God and St. Cuthbert
forever.
In the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland are found various spellings
of the locality and references to some of its subdivisions.
In the MSS. Dept. of the British Museum, we examined an inter-
esting small parchment with red seal, being the Appointment of a
Deputy to hold " Jours de Marches " at Brigehamhalgh, a. d. 1394.
%> : 21
1. Earl Grey Monument, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 2. Brigham Forge. 3. Site of
Ancient Chapel "Birgham." 4. Field of Parliament where
Treaty of Brigham was ratified.
JOURNEY TO BRIGHAM PLACES 9
IV
AUTHOR'S JOURNEY TO BRIGHAM PLACES
Four places in Great Britain bear the name of Brigham: one in
Yorkshire, and two in Cumberland, England; the fourth is just
over the border, in Berwickshire, Scotland.
Starting from London, four hours finds one at York, the ancient
Roman capital. Here change cars for Driffield, situated in the
East Riding of Yorkshire. About half way you change at Market
Weighton, thence a short run across the " Wolds " reaches Driffield,
early capital of the " Saxon Kingdom."
In a dogcart we make our five-mile drive to Old Brigham, York-
shire, through a landscape of level, fertile farms, studded with sub-
stantial buildings, surrounded by abundant ripening crops. Much
of the distance we are alongside a canal, which runs from Driffield
toward Hull. We saw only one boat, and that drawn by a man
whose mother was tending rudder. As the craft sat low, it carried
cargo. The man, with broad strap across his arms and chest,
slowly drew it through the water.
At four cross-roads, we found a signboard, one of whose arms
pointed toward " Brigham " hard by. Soon we climbed a slight
rise, called " Brigham Hill," which commands a pleasant view in
all directions.
As we proceed up " Brigham Lane," we pass the post-office and
an old sand pit on the right, while on the left are a few low buildings
occupied by a blacksmith and harnessmaker. In the rear is a farm
called " Little Brigham." Just over the brow of the hill we reach
the " Manor House," whose extensive buildings betoken that the
proprietor, Mr. Stork, is a prominent breeder of hackney horses.
At the foot of the hill, by the canal, stands the public house, known
for generations as " The Brigham Arms." In truth the family
coat-of-arms used to grace the sign; but forty years ago, when the
place was sold by the Brighams, it was taken down, never again
to be seen there.
A drawbridge spans the canal, and below the " Arms " is " Brig-
ham Landing;" years ago a thriving hamlet, now simply a rural
district, with no distinction to individualize it. In an adjoining field
(" Sledmere Farm "), a stone slab chronicles in Latin * the passing
* Translation: "William Brigham, surgeon, firm , and zealous in the
faith of his ancestors, lived 56 years. He died at Manchester on the 10th
before the Kalends of August, in the year 1815. In memoriam of a most
kind and indulgent father, William, his eldest son, caused this stone to be
erected here within the relics of his ancestral territory, handed down to
this time from the Norman Conquest, through a continuity of ancestors."
10 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
of the Brigham race, after continuous possession from the Norman
Conqueror's time. The generous erector neglected to enclose or
even raise it above surrounding meadows. We fear another half
century will have witnessed its overthrow.
Witness the extent of this ancient estate: An extract from Coram
Rege Rolls (40 Ed. iii.), being taken from an Inquisition Post Mor-
tem at York Castle: George Brigham, Lord of the Manor of Brig-
ham Yorkshire, died without issue in 1576, leaving real property,
which by marriage settlement had been entailed upon his nephew,
Francis Brigham, as follows: "15 messuages, 20 cottages, 5 tofts,
16 crofts; 1200 acres of arable land, 800 acres pasture, 1200 acres
meadow, 500 acres moor and marsh, 500 acres turf, in Brigham."
Surely this 4200-acre estate is no inconsiderable property; and as it
was in the family 750 years, have we not cause for pride because of
the tenacity with which succeeding generations clung to one of our
clan cradles.^
On our way to Scotland, we stopped at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
the magnificent " second city " of the United Kingdom. Our family
have been prominently identified with this city. Though veiled in
obscurity, it is certain that for at least three generations, from
I486 to 1550, they were in the lead of Newcastle families. During
that period, Robert, Christopher, and Robert Brigham, each in turn,
became sheriff and afterward mayor of this city.
Christopher B., a merchant of means, founded " Brigham Hos-
pital," near the north walls, contiguous to Pilgrim Gate. This
institution has disappeared. The city walls have been demolished;
while along the western boundary of the Brigham Hospital site
runs Grey street, one of the grandest avenues in all England; and
opposite towers the monument dedicated to Earl Grey, the dis-
tinguished reformer.
In proof of the dignity of said Christopher, we might add, King
Henry VIII. (Pat. 4 Hen. VIII., p. 2, m. 8) granted him a patent,
whereby he was excused from serving on juries, etc., and had the
privilege of sitting with his hat on in the presence of the King and
his heirs.
To reach Brigham, Scotland, via the east coast, you change at
Berwick and go to Coldstream; whence a four-mile drive is made
over fine roads, through a beautiful rolling country of first-class
farms. Brigham is a single street a mile long, made up chiefly of
one-story scattered cottages, including ale-houses and a post-office,
A few cots are ruinous, and others have been pulled down. The
two principal farms are " Long Birgham " and " Birghamhaugh."
When the spelling became changed I know not, but BzVgham
(Bur- jam) it is now altogether called. In history it is known as
Bn'gham.
Brigham, Yorkshire
1. Brigham Monument: Estate held by Brigham Family from 1100 to 1853.
2. Manor House. 3. Brigham Arms and Landing. 4. Brigham Hill.
JOURNEY TO BRIGHAM PLACES 11
The town lies a half mile from the Tweed, to which it runs
parallel. The river offers excellent trout and salmon fishing, es-
pecially at the bend to " Dub/' a deep, still pool between rapids.
From Birghamhaugh bend to its mouth, the Tweed is the boundary
between England and Scotland; and it is tradition that a bridge (as
the name of the village suggests) once spanned the flood at this
place; but no trace remains. The same lamentable truth holds of
the ancient chapel, whose site is pointed out. Birgham's (Brigham)
recorded history dates back more than 1,000 years.
Its early annals were glorious. In 1188 Henry II. sent am-
bassadors thither, who met with the Scotch King, to consider con-
tribution to one of the crusades; in 1290 the Scots met here to ratify
the proposed union of Prince Edward of England with Margaret of
Scotland; in 1290, the " Treaty of Brigham" was solemnized here,
providing for the freedom of Scotland; in 1291, the twelve competi-
tors for the Scotch throne met here, to present their claims. They
still point out a field as the place where Parliament convened.
In the old burying ground (some of whose stones reach back into
the l600's) not a Brigham name is found. The present lord para-
mount is Earl Home, whose chief residence is a few miles distant
toward Coldstream. He now fishes in " Brigham Dub," and shoots
game in the preserve " Birgham Wood."
Carlisle (Topographical Diet, of Scotland), speaking of Birg-
ham, says: "During 1830-'31, no less than ninety-four persons
emigrated to America." Perhaps many years before a Brigham per-
formed a similar act. We doubt much, however, that there was any
by the name still living there at the time when " Thomas the Puri-
tan " began to figure in our pedigree. Let me not forget to men-
tion, the vulgar phrase, " Go to Birgham," is frequently used in the
neighborhood, in the sense of our phrase, " Go to Halifax."
Brigham, Cumberland, lies southwest of its Tweed namesake:
like which, in the days of inveterate border strife, it belonged
now to Scotland, now to England, as each might become the vic-
torious aggressor. Borne many a mile through purple heather, we
change cars at Carlisle, from which a short run brings one to
Brigham, Cumberland. Nearing the town, we see the long stone
bridge (whose prototype ages ago gave name to the place) spanning
the Derwent.
Hard by the station stands the time-honored church dedicated to
St. Bridget, whose masonry has been largely modernized. On the
vestry wall hangs a small brass tablet dated 1633, in memory of one
Swinburne, Knight. Some interesting fragments of carved stone
(formerly parts of the edifice) are placed about the altar. The
environing churchyard contains a choice collection of unique slabs,
very large and massive. They reach back into the l600's, but no
12 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Brigham name is found. Near the old vicarage, but graded quite
over when the railway was built, is the historic location, " Nun's
Well/' to whose merits the poet Wordsworth composed a sonnet.
A more commonplace spot, in its present aspect, would be hard to
find.
To reach the village, walk a mile up a good hill, passing through
" Brigham Low Houses," consisting of two country inns, the " Lime
Kiln " and the " White Sheaf." At the latter, they recalled the
visit of our kinsman, the late Dexter H. Brigham of Springfield,
Mass., who at our first Marlboro meeting, kindly gave us all as a
souvenir, an excellent cut of Brigham church.
In going up " Brigham Hill " you pass along a causeway, from
which you look down on either side fifty feet or more into vast pits,
the beds of worked-out lime kilns, and try to realize what a great
industry this must have been from time immemorial. Three kilns
are in present use.
Reaching the height of land, and the one winding street of the
older village, you see at a glance what a diary of history lies about,
could it but play the oracle and speak. Old farm-houses and barns
are interspersed with newer town residences. We turn westward,
and descending gradually some half mile come to the modern Brig-
ham schoolhouse, built in solid masonry in excellent taste, surrounded
by a substantial high stone wall. The children come trooping to
dinner, their wooden-bottomed shoes, as they romp along, resounding
like a squadron of horse guards. Retracing our steps, we turn off at
a private gateway leading to the Fletcher mansion, late home of
the chief citizen of the community.
The east end of the village, on the height of ground, consists of
modest but substantial and well-designed modern residences, whose
front yards bloom with a profusion of beautiful flowers. From
proximity to a small stream, it is frequently called " Eller Beck "
Brigham. Beyond was "Brigham Commons"; but about a score
of years ago it was divided among property owners, and is hedged
off into many a sightly field.
From Brigham to Keswick is a delightful ride through the
famous Lake District of England, bounded by oval hills, covered
with purple heather. Up the Greta River from Keswick a short
mile we reach the hamlet of Brigham.* The lower portion, called
" Brigham Nook," consists of a neighborhood of well-kept cot-
* A courteous letter from the Vicar, Rev. H. D. Rawnsby, contains ■
the following: " Brigham by Keswick is in the ecclesiastical district of
St. John's, carved out of the ancient parish of Crosthwaite in 1866. It
has, so far as known, no founder, but took its name from the fact, at
some time, probably in the XII or XIII century, a bridge would be put
up across the river, the builders of said brig being, in all likelihood, the
members of the monkish Brotherhood of St. Anthony, who were gathered
here, to help people across fords and guide them over the hills, and to
Brigham, Cumberland
1. Main Street. 2. Schoolhouse. 3. Approach to St. Bridget's Church.
4. Bridge over Derwent.
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM " ARMIGERS " 13
tagesj one ale-house, and an excellent school erected in 1851, attended
by about one hundred pupils of both sexes from the agricultural
and manufacturing population, a part of the instruction being gar-
den-work. At this place, " Brigham toll-bar " (or bridge) of ma-
sonry crosses the Greta, leading toward Skiddaw, most famous of
the mountains, only one and one-half miles distant.
Passing through the village, a short walk upon the left-hand road
brings the visitor to " Brigham Forge," a picturesque sheltered
spot, where the Greta is spanned by another stone bridge, and the
power from the fall drives electric and laundry plants.*
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM "ARMIGERS"
The science of heraldry was devised to distinguish persons and
property and record descent and alliances. It dates from the
twelfth century. The earliest document, compiled about 1240, is .a
roll of arms of the King and nobility in the reign of Henry HI.;
by which time armorial ensigns had become hereditary.
There is a great abuse of arms in the United States of America,
where their use is proscribed by the Constitution, and they are dis-
played merely for sentiment, often without knowledge of rules
appertaining to the science. Hence the erroneous assumption of
arms, because borne by a family of the same name, though proof of
descent be inadequate or even entirely lacking. Another abuse is
the common adoption by ladies of crests upon their note paper,
notwithstanding that crests belong exclusively to gentlemen.
The subject is here treated, not that the American Brighams are
known with certainty to be of " armigerous " descent, but because
many bearing this surname are recorded among the gentry of Great
Britain, and are thought worthy of some attention in this work.
., The Herald's College of Scotland does not contain any Brigham
information; f but the English College of Arms in London has
ferry pilgrims across to the shrine of St. Herebert of Derwenwater.
There really is no history attaching to this little Brig, or Bridge, Hamlet
or Brighamlet."
See also " Keswick and Its Neighborhood," pp. 56, 57. (Windermere,
1852).
* In the ancient register of the Diocese of Carlisle is recorded the
will of Thomas " Brigholme," A. D. 1361. (Hist. MSS. Com.— London,
Eng.— Vol. IX, p. 196, b.)
" Lyon Office, Edinburgh, 14 Dec, 1900.
■\"Sir: — There is no doubt, as you say, the name Brigham is more
English than Scottish. No arms have ever been recorded here for any one
of the name.
" J. Balfore Paul,
" Lyon King of Arms.
14 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
considerable. We had a " search " made through the Records onlyj
and secured numerous items (mainly corroborative of published
pedigrees).
Burke's General Armoury has the following items:
1. Brigham (Cannon End, Co. Oxford), Argent, a fleur-de-lis
within an orle of marlets sable.
2. Brigham (Cumberland), same arms.
3. Brigham or Briggam (Yorkshire), same arms. Crest, a boar's
head bendways couped sable.
4. Brigham (Yorkshire), Argent a fesse sable between three
Arefoils slipped gules (another of the second). Crest, on a cloud
a crescent between two branches of palm in orle.
5. Brigham (Yorkshire), Argent, a fesse between three trefoils
slipped gules.
6. Brigham (Yorkshire), Argent, a saltire engrailed vert. (An-
other sable.)
7. Brigham (Foxley House, Co. Chester, formerly of Brigham,
Yorkshire), Argent, a saltire engrailed vert. Crest, out of a ducal
coronet a plume of feathers. Motto, In cruce solus.
8. Brigham ( ), azure, a chevron between three lions rampant
or.*
To these, we add the arms of the " New Castle" branch:
9. Argent, a saltire engrailed vert; in chief, a crescent sable.
We meet with numerous items, scattered through the records, con-
cerning Brighams; which (considering that it is a "place" sur-
name) shows a rather surprisingly early distribution of the family
name; for in the earlier ages the British were, as a rule, very tena-
cious of accustomed localities, and families remained identified
with certain places for centuries.
SOME BRITISH BRIGHAM PEDIGREES f
From Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal Aids
(1284-1431, Vol. I., pp. 424, 487), the " Bryghams " appear to
have been early domiciled (or interested in lands, at least) in
" Faleton, Harrygg Hundred, Devon " Co. ; " Thomas de Brygham "
owned three- fourths of a knight's fee there in 1346; and " John de
Brygham " the same amount in 1428. But the family either removed
or died out.
" Robert de Brigham " in 1332 was proctor for the Prior of Ely.
{Hist. MSS. Commis., Vol. VI., p. 296, MSS. Lord Leconfield, Pet-
worth House, Sussex.)
* We have not learned where these arms were used.
f We include here pedigrees from such sources as to render it clear
that the families possessed coat armor, though no record of it is preserved.
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM " ARMIGERS " 15
About 1300 we find a record of three generations in Lincolnshire
— Richard, Thomas, and Richard de Brigham. {Calendarium Gene-
alogicum. Vol. L, p. 259; Vol. II., p. 693.)
Marshall's Visitation of Northumberland has this pedigree:
Knight.
Arms: Three bendlets; on a canton, a spur.
Wm. Knight, Co. Deeby= • • • • Hobson of Cambr. town.
Rector Gransden Parva
Co. Cambr., o. about
1645 ce. abt. 63.
Wm. Knight, eldest son, = Anne dau. John Hacker Flintham,
Gransden Parva, o. about
24 Feb. 1659 a?. 69.
Nott. Co.
Jane (eldest of 7 daus.) — Thomas Brigham, Swavesey, Cambrsh.
From a Catalogue of Ancient Deeds (Vol. I., p. 523, c. 1372),
under date " Thursday in the Octave of the Purification, 17 K.
Ed. I." (a. d. 1289), Warwickshire, we note, "Grant by Sarah,
late the wife of Thomas Sorel of Birmingham, to Robert de Brig-
ham, of her bondmen and villeins, Richard, son of Peter le Bule;
Arice, daughter of Humphrey Frideau, and Agnes, daughter of
Galfrida, daughter of Margaret, of the same place, with all their
belongings."
Coming now to the neighborhoods of the Brigham places, we find,
as anticipated, the Brigham surname in evidence, though the records
are, as a rule, fragmentary.
In Norfolk County (seat of the " royal manor of Brigham " —
modern Bridgham), we find one " Alande Brigham" as early as
1297 (Coram Rege Rolls, K. Ed. I., p. 289).
In Parkin's Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
(Vol. VI., p. 144) the heirs of one William de Brigham are named,
as being part owners in a knight's fee of land in Bradenham Manor
in 1347.
Over the remains of Adam Brigham, who died at Norwich,
England, in 1685, aged 54:
" In youth, I poor and much neglected went,
My gray and wealthy age in mirth I spent,
To honors then, I courted was by many,
Altho' I did in nowise seek for any;
But what is now that wealth, that mirth, that glory?
Alas! 'Tis grave, 'tis dust, 'tis mournful story:
Ne'erless, my soul through Christ a place enjoys
Where blessed Saints with him in God rejoice."
(" Chronicles of the Tombs," by Thos. Jos. Pettigrew, p. 448).
16 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
There are Brighams in Norfolk to-day who appear to have
descended in unbroken local lines for centuries.
Of Brigham, Cumberland, we find families : — " John de Brigge-
haim " appears as witness to a grant about 1210 (Calendar of Docs.
Relating to Scotland, Vol. I., p. 97). This may be the "John"
found in the following pedigree, whose male line early died out:
Waldeve de Brigham, temp. Hen. 3,) (l216-'72) =
John
I I
Alice = Robert de Yaverwyth Jean := Thos. de Hothewayt.
(De Banco Rolls, Mich, 2 Ed. II., m. 220.)
From the De Banco Rolls (MSS. Series, Vol. XXVIII., p. 863)
one finds that in 1274 John and Thomas Brigham, sons of Adam de
Brigham, had lands in Galenter. From Coram Rege Rolls (p. 583,
23 Ed. III., 23 Ric. II.), Thomas Brigham was in Cumberland in
1381. Ibid., 14 Hen. IV. has this pedigree: —
( (
John de Brigholm " =
William de B.=Isabella=Robt. Bakhonse Peter, bro. of John=
o. s. p. , seized 2nd husb. I
of lands in I
Castelbrigg. Galfred, son & heir=
John Smith, son & heir.
But the Brighams of Cumberland early either died out or removed;
for there is no evidence of them in the preserved parish records of
Brigham (Cumb.), which run back about 300 years; we get no light
from Brigham graveyard, whose epitaphs run back to 1660; nor do
the wills for the Deanery of Copeland disclose any Brigham estates.
Concerning Brigham, Berwickshire, Scotland: notwithstanding
there are no Brigham wills of this county of record between 1562 and
1670 (the period of our search); notwithstanding, moreover, that
" Lyon King of Arms " writes me, " I do not think any one of the
name [Brigham] ever possessed land in Scotland, or that the family
was conspicuous in any way " — there are brief scattered notes which
are more hopefully eloquent. Indeed, it would be strange had not
someone assumed for his surname the name of that town shown by
records to have been of the early importance of Brigham, Berwick.
But, being upon " The Borders," the devastations of innumerable
conflicts have destroyed local records.
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM " ARMIGERS " 17
From Whellen's History of Cumberland (based on Nicholson and
Burn & Hutchinson) we learn: —
" Sir Ranulph Bonekill had issue Alexander, whose son Adam
gave Aiverthwaite, parcel of his Manor of Uldale, to the priory of
Carlisle. Said Adam had issue a son Alexander, whose daughter
and heiress was married first to John Stuart, Kinsman of the King of
Scotland, and afterwards to David Brigham, a Scottish Knight re-
nowned for his prowess and bravery ; and by this marriage the Manor
of Uldale passed to the Brigham family. This David Brigham
was a companion of William Wallace, who was executed at London
(temp. Ed. I.), for resisting that King, having joined with Robert
Bruce. Wallace was of extraordinary strength, and Brigham an
exceedingly good horseman; whence came the Scots' rhyme:
" The man was ne'er so wight nor gend,
But worthy Wallace durst him bide;
Nor ever horse so wild or wend,
But David Brigham durst him ride."
Palgrave (Docs, and Recs. Illustrtg. Hist. Scotland, Vol. I., pp.
193, 291, 315 and 355) shows that this " David de Breghyn " resided
at Brigham, Scotland, and was upon the scene at about the " Treaty
of Brigham " epoch.
William Brigham, 1525, is seized of lands in the "Lordship of
Brigham" (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Vol. XV., p. 638). In
1559 " Adam Birgem " is seized of lands in the same (Ibid., p. 445).
In 1590, "Elizabeth Birgen, haeres Adami Birgen, patris " has
" 2 terris husbandiis cum 12 acris terrarum, in dominio de Birgen."
(Retornak Rolls, Scotland, Vol. II., Berwick, No. 489.) From Reg.
of the Privy Council of Scotland (Vol. IV., p. 675) it appears that
the wife of the above Adam Brigham was " Issobell Edzeare "; also
that their daughter Elizabeth married " Alex. Diksonn* of Newton
in Brigham."
It thus plainly appears that the male Brigham line of Brigham,
Scotland, died out in the latter part of the sixteenth century.
We add one other stray note of this Kingdom (Calend. of Docs.
Relating to Scotland, Vol. IV., p. 233). "John Brigholme," a
Scotch merchant, has warrant for safe conduct for one year, with his
vessel, "Gyles, 60 tone," to trade in England with 12 mariners.
It is, however, in connection with Brigham, Yorkshire, that we
find the most persistent and satisfactory pedigree, so far as records
show. It runs back to Norman times ; a period so remote that very
few English families presume to trace their (certain) origin from
any anterior source.
* Dickson is a common surname thereabouts. I found stones bearing
it in the old Brigham churchyard.
18 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Poulson's History of Holderness* (East Riding of Yorkshire),
Vol. II., pp. 268, 269^ 270, contains a magnificent pedigree,! credited
to Harleian MS., 1487, p. 300 (from Glover's and St, George's Visi-
tations, 1484-1485, 1612, edited by Foster), and a MS. vol. of East
Riding Pedigrees in Burton Constable Library.
BRIGHAM OF WYTON AND BRIGHAM
WYTON. The family of Brigham is first mentioned as holding
this manor 35 Hen. VIII.; but at what time it came into their pos-
session is not ascertained. In that year Thomas Brigham, Esq.,
held the manor of Wyton, " 3 mess. 3 cott. 4 crofts, 6 bovates of
arable, and 40 acres of land here, of the heirs of Thomas Constable,
Kt., as of his manor of Constable, be the service of Knt.'s fee ; Geo.,
son and heir."
Arms: J Argent, a saltire engrailed vert.
Poulson says " this family is now become extinct." This is error;
see Sheahan & Whellen's History and Topography of the City of
York and the East Riding of Yorkshire (1856). The said Dr. Wm.
Brigham removed from Brigham to the city of Manchester, whereby
the family became " extinct " upon the estate of Brigham, which
probably accounts for Poulson's statement; for it is certain that it
was Dr. Wm. Brigham, Esq.,§ whose residence was Foxley House,||
Lymm, Cheshire, who sold the very last Brigham property in Brig-
ham, Yorkshire, removed the " Brigham Arms " from the Inn, and
erected a monument herein elsewhere referred to at length. Said
#
We had the good fortune to procure, at reasonable price, a new
(uncut) copy of this, now rare and valuable, treatise, the full title of
which is: " The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness,
in the East Riding of York, Including the Abbies of Meaux and Swine,
with the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall; Compiled from Authentic
Charters, Records and the Unpublished Manuscripts of the Rev. William
Dade, Remaining in the Library of Burton Constable; with numerous em-
bellishments; by George Poulson, Esquire, * * * Hull, MDCCCXL."
It is composed of two quarto volumes, aggregating more than 1,000 pages,
and by far the most valuable book which has been written of this part of
York, wherein is situated Brigham.
■]• Parcels of this pedigree also recorded: — Harl. MS. 1415, fol. 87,
b.; 1430, fol. 84, b.; Dugdale's Visit. 1665/6, (Lon. Her. Coll. " Recs.
C. 40, 109"); Add. MS. 18,011, fol. 103, b.; Her. Coll. Recs. (London)
"C. 13, 173" and "Norfolk IX, 211"; Harl. MS. 1394, pp. 113-115, 349;
(this MS. has many biographic, land and marriage notes) ; 805, fol. 75.
+ Glover and St. George give the arms: " argent a fesse sable bet.
3 trefoils slipped gules." (Probably used by one branch of the family).
Also, the motto: " Promisit se nussurum arma Londinum."
§ This family of " Foxley House " is recorded in Burke's " Seats &
Arms," Vol. IV, and Walford's " County Families, etc."
II I had a letter from the present owner of Foxley House, L. Clark,
Esq., who kindly promised me a picture of the house and chapel.
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM " ARMIGERS " 19
" Squire " Brigham had an only daughter, who had the misfortune
to marry an unscrupulous Frenchman, to whose criminal actions her
death was doubtless due. She had a child, whose whereabouts and
descendants (if any) are to the writer unknown.*
We include here the following pedigree, because it is believed to
be of Yorkshire origin.
(Brigham of Cannon End.)t
Arms: Argent a fleur-de-lis within an orle of martlets sable.
Anthony Brigham, Cofferer of the household to (Q. Eliz.) t =
Thomas, Patentee Xtofer, of Cannonr=daughter of Weldon,
for the Stanneries Inde in Com.
in Cornwall under
Q. Eliz. ; ob.s. p.
Cofferer to King Henry
vni.
i I
Thomas, eldest son = Dorothy, daughter Wm. 2d son.
of John Lyne of Hedon, 3d son.
Norwich.
living Ao. 1634.
I I III
Thomas, son and heir. Anthony, 2d son. Elizabeth. Rachell. Dorothy,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne § appears to have been the metropolis with
which the Brighams were most historically connected. For at least
a century, this family seems to have been in the lead: Robert Brig-
ham was Sheriff of the city in I486, and Mayor in 1499; Christopher
Brigham was Sheriff in 1495, and Mayor in 1504, l505; Robert
Brigham was Sheriff in 1540, and Mayor in 1550, in which latter
year he was also " Governor of the Merchants' Company."
The arms || of this branch are: " Argent, a saltire engrailed vert;
* I have had some very pleasant correspondence with Rev. I. Kennedy,
Vicar of Foston-on-the-Wolds (only a mile from Brigham). He kindly
cited to me the records of the Leet Courts, which used to be regularly
held at Brigham, up to about forty years ago.
tSee Harl. MS. 1480, fol. 44; Her. Coll. "Records, C. 29, 126; D.
25, 5."
t It appears that said " Anthony " was not " Cofferer," but Bailiff
of the King's Manor of Caversham (Pat. 35, Hen. VIII, p. 14, m. 6).
§ Authorities: Tanner's Notitia Monastica; Leland's Itinerary, Vol.
V, p. 114; Wallis' Northumberland, Vol. II, p. 218; Hist. Antiquities of
Newcastle, Brand (London, 1789), Vol. I, p. 342, Vol. II, p. 240; Wel-
ford's Hist, of Newcastle, Vol. II, p. 322; Vestiges of Old Newcastle,
Knowles & Boyles.
II London Her. Coll. (" Recs. C. 41, 7. C") erroneously attributes to
this family the arms of the " Horsleyie " family: "An annulet, bet. 3
horses' heads, couped and caparisoned."
20 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
in chief, a crescent sable." The crescent is (in the writer's opinion)
used for "difference" (as heralds say), to indicate that this New-
castle branch sprang from (not the eldest, but) the "second son''
of the parent stock. The remainder of the coat stamps them as
(undoubtedly) of Yorkshire Brigham origin. Going yet farther,
the writer concludes that the Newcastle branch is descended from
" Robert " Brigham (the " second son " of John and Elizabeth
Brigham) in the seventh generation from Walter Brigham, of
Brigham, according to the said Poulson pedigree.
From Flower's Visitation (1563, 1564) is learned: (1) that Wm.
Lewen, son and heir of William, " Marchant " (and armiger) mar.
Jane, dau. of Christopher " Brygam," both families of Newcastle.
(A second wife, by whom 5 ch. — " Crystofer, Edward, Robert,
William, and " Mighill.") (2) Christopher Mitford, 4th son and
heir of Robert, of Segell, Northumberland (armiger), mar. Agnes,
dau. of Christopher Brygham.
Marshall's Visitation (1615) has this pedigree:
John Jackson (armiger), of New = Jane, dau. and sole heir of Wm.
Castle.
Brigham, of New Castle.
Wm. Jackson, Town Clerk of = Isabel], dau. Gilbert Read, New
New Castle.
Castle.
I I
Henry Jackson, of Cotam = Dorothy, dau. of John Jackson, of
Mandaville, Bishoprick Mansfield. Grayes Inn.
of Duresne,
We close our Newcastle remarks with a curious church item:
" Robert Darell, Archdeacon of Northumberland, made a covenant
Oct. 9, 1537, with F. Roland Harding, Prior of the Blake Friers,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, between 6 and 9 a. m. daily, devoutly to say for
the souls of William Darell and John Brigham, late of Newcastle,
Merchant, their wives and children the De profundis, etc., ending
Absolve quaesumus Domine, and Sede ad dextram."
LONDON BRIGHAMS
The Brigham family has been identified with the British metropo-
lis for several hundreds of years, as is proved by items scattered
through the records, although we find no pedigree preserved.
" Rob. Briggeham, A. M.," 31 Jan., 1427, became Rector of the
parish church of St. Andrew-Hubbard (sometimes called St. A.
juxta Eastcheap), which stood in old Rope Lane, (London), and
had a history antedating 1389- It was burned by the " Great Fire,"
HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM " ARMIGERS " 21
and the parish united with St. Mary-Hill. (An Eccles. Paroch.
Hist, of the Dios. of London, Newcourt, 1708.)
One Richard Brigham was " Coach-maker to Kings James I. and
Charles I.," as appears by a " Grant, Sept. 13, I6l9, to John Banks
and Richard Brigham, of the office of Maker of the King's Coaches
and other Carriages." (Calendar of State Papers — Dom. Ser., Vol.
CLI., p. 77.) " 1620-1622. Third accompt. Bill of John Banckes
and Richards Brigham, Coachmaker to the King. For chariots and
other vehicles. A rich chariot for the King cost, in all, ^15."
Again, " 1624-1625. Two long bills (respectively 13 and 9 pp-) of
Richard Brigham, for reparations of the King's caroches and cha-
riots. He made the total £368, but took £280 in satisfaction. There
were two new coaches: one is said to be of the German fashion, with
the roof to fall asimder at his majesty's pleasure [z. e., a sort of lan-
dau]. The other was of the Spanish fashion. The like of them
were never made before in England." (Histor. MSS. Commis.,
Lon., Vol VI., p. 326b, MSS. of Sir F. U. Graham, Bart., Netherby,
Cumb.; and Vol. VII., prt. 1, p. 250a, MSS. of Lord Sackville, at
Knole, Kent.)
George Brigham was also a " royal coachmaker " ; the same au-
thority (Vol. II., p. 583), some readable facts follow: Aug. 13,
1645.
" George Brigham, coachmaker to the late King,
Thomas Brigham, his brother and administrator, et al.,
all of London."
Then come two pages of legal proceedings, disclosing that one
Thomas Brigham resided in Duke's Place, London; George Brig-
ham, deceased, was in arms and died at Oxford; proceedings over a
£200 debt owed the George Brigham estate, wherein said Thomas
Brigham will not release one Pilchard of his imprisonment, and
says that the committee shall make dirt of his bones before he will
give up the mortgage; there is an order for Thomas Brigham to be
brought before the committee for contempt. Later, John Brigham,
pf Cottenham, County Cambridge, as executor of Thomas Brig-
ham, deceased, was apprehended to answer contempt for not deliv-
ering up certain writings; he was discharged from restraint, upon
performing order of the committee.
Concerning Thomas Brigham, " Patentee for the Stanneries "
(i. e., tin mines) in Cornwall, we find some interesting facts. In the
first place, this was a very valuable grant. The mines were very
old ; in fact, the same sought out by the Phoenicians and other inhab-
itants of the Mediterranean Sea, before the dawn of the Christian
era. In the Calendar of State Papers (Domestic Series), preserved
in the Public Record Office, London (Vol. CLL, p. 13, sec. 4) we
find:
22 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
" June 1, l603. Allegations against the patent granted to Thomas
Brigham and Humphrey Wemmes by the late Queen, for pre-emp-
tion of tin." (P. 152, sec. 45) Sept. 25, 1604. Warrant to Sir
Richard Smith, Receiver General of Cornwall, to deliver tin at a
certain rate to such persons as now lend money in repayment thereof,
and to redeliver to Thomas Brigham and Humphrey Wemmes the
tin sold by them to the Company of Pewterers. (Docquet.)
(P. 157, sec. 75) Oct. 14, 1604. Reply of Thomas Brigham and
Humphrey Wemmes to an annexed petition to the King by the blas-
ter, etc., of the Pewterers' Company against the monopoly granted
to them of the pre-emption of tin. (P. 335, sec. 57) Nov. 14, l606.
Decree of the Court of Star Chamber against Richard Glover, et. al.,
Pewterers of London, for endeavoring to frustrate a patent granted
to Thomas Brigham and Humphrey Wemmes, for pre-emption of tin
in Cornwall and Devon." There was a " Warrant to advance
£20,000 on loan to Thomas Brigham and Humphrey Wemmes,
patentees for the pre-emption of tin, on their delivery of tin worth
more than that, they having already disbursed i60,000, and being
unable to disburse more. They will add £l,000 to their former
rent of £2,000, and lend the tinners £ 10,000 yearly."
" London, Feb. 23, l6l8. Assignment by John Langley to Rich-
ard Brigham, both being of Lambeth, of the Keepership of the
Archbishop of Canterbury's Mansion House, grounds and pasture
land, called Lambeth Park." (Calend. State Papers, Domestic
Ser., Vol. CLL, p. 523, sec. 29.) This Richard Brigham, Esq.,
of Lambeth, London (Comptroller of the house of the Archbishop
Abbot), married Emelyn, daughter of Sir Robert Hudson, Bart,
Their only daughter, Anne, married Thomas, Lord Leigh; they
having but one child, Anne, who died young." (Magna Britannia.)
John Brigham of the City of Westminster, London, in 1637, was
married in the local abbey of St. Peter, to Anne, daughter of Sir
Thomas Aylesbury. Her eldest sister, Frances, was the first
Countess of Clarendon, and thus grandmother of Queen Mary IL,
and Queen Anne. (London Marriage Licenses, 1521-1869? by Jos.
Foster.)
Nicholas Brigham, poet, jurist, and historian (for a biographical
sketch see elsewhere herein) was buried in " Poet's Corner," West-
minster Abbey, beside his daughter Rachel, whom he lost at the age
of four.
The London Directory for 1900 does not contain any Brigham
"liverymen." But therein appear: Henry George Brigham, Sur-
geon, Buckingham Palace Road, Dr. John K. Brigham, Finsbury
Pavement, John (the proprietor of " coffee rooms "), and George E.
("boatmaker").
NICHOLAS BRIGHAM 23
VI
As far as preserved records establish, Nicholas Brigham * was the
greatest scholar, the most versatile and honored genius of all who
have borne the Brigham name. By tradition his birth was from the
prominent family of Caversham, Oxford, the founder of which,
Anthony Brigham, was BailiiF of the King's Manor there tinder
Henry VIII.; but his name does not appear in the pedigree of
Brigham. Nicholas is reported to have finished his education at
Hart Hall (now Hertford College). He appears to have removed
thence to one of the Inns of Court, where he made a thorough study
of law and history. His love for poetry, however, was a lifelong
passion, as manifested in many flights of his Pegasus.
Biographers say he died in December, 1559, but from the probate
of his estate, into which I examined, it is determined that he passed
away on the " 20 Feb. 1558." He was buried in " Poet's Corner,"
Westminster Abbey, beside his daughter Rachel, whom he lost at
the age of four. Camden, in his work (published in 1606) upon
those entombed at Westminster, gives the full inscription upon the
grave of the daughter, but he does not mention anything of the
sort concerning the father.
The epitaph follows: " Rachael Brigham, filia Nicolai Brigham
quadrimula ohiit, sita est juxta Galfridum Chaucerum. Obiit 1557,
21 Junii."
Dean Stanley (Westminster Abbey, p. 15) says: "There was
nothing to mark the grave [of Chaucer] except a plain slab, which
was sawn up when Dryden's monument was erected. It was not
till the reign of Edward VI. that the present tomb, to which ap-
parently the poet's ashes were removed, was raised, near the grave,
by Nicholas Brigham, himself a poet, who was buried close beside,
with his daughter Rachel."
From the foregoing we might infer possibly that Nicholas never
* Do not confound this Nicholas with the one spoken of elsewhere as
" Teller of the Exchequer " to Queen Mary. The fact that they both bear
the same name, are prominent and in London at the same period makes
it a question of easily mistaken identification. In fact, the best modern
English biographer of Nicholas, the poet, falls into this error, of making
these two persons one. It is clear, however, that Nicholas, the " poet,"
died in 1558, and that his estate was administered upon in the Commissary
Court of the Dean & Chapter of Westminster; while concerning Nicholas,
the " Teller," I find him living as late as "1563," at ^vhich time he " en-
tered into hall, gardens and premises of her Majesty's (Q. Elizabeth)
Almshouses of Westminster." Very likely the two were nearly related;
but in what degree I am unable to say, save that I do not believe the
relationship could have been that of father and son.
24 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
had any epitaph, although historians agree that he was herein buried
near the tomb of Chaucer, father of English poets, to whom Brigham
had caused a monument to be erected.
Chaucer's ruinous tomb yet remains, black with antiquity and
slowly crumbling to dust; but the exact spot of Brigham's grave
cannot be determined. Even his epitaph, like that of his little
daughter, has disappeared.
A modern movement to repair the tomb evoked the following
restatement : " An examination of the tomb by competent authorities
has proved . . . there can exist no doubt, from the difference of
workmanship, material, etc., that the altar tomb is the original tomb
of Geoffrey Chaucer; and that instead of Nicholas Brigham having
erected an entirely new monument, he only added to that which
then existed the overhanging canopy," etc. (Notes and Queries,
London, 1st Ser., Vol. IL, p. 141; quoting from Athenceum.)
He left no will, and it is impossible to decide whether he left
issue. He did, however, leave children of his brain, in several
notable works, namely: (l) Rerum Quotidianarum Venationes (or
a Diary of Memoirs, in 12 Bks.). (2) Venationibus Rerum Memo-
rahilum, in 1 vol., being biographic in character, from which Bale,
in his Scriptores, published in 1559, makes extract touching two
(now obscure) English writers. (3) Diversorum Poematum, in 1
vol., being a collection of poems from his own pen. But the only
production now known is his epitaph on Chaucer.
Pitts, his biographer, thus summarizes the record of his achieve-
ments, which I render into English: " Nicholas Brigham ... In
poetry, above the common crowd; eloquent as an orator; an experi-
enced jurisconsult; a signally successful historian; as an antiquarian
researcher into the lore of ancient Albion, very diligent."
VII
EARLY AMERICAN BRIGHAMS *
Aside from Thomas, " The Puritan," of Watertown, Mass., 1635,
we find some other Brighams of early date who should be mentioned
* Briggs' " Shipbuilding on North River," etc., 1640-18T2, p. 366,
states: "There M'as built in Scituate in 1698 the ship 'Providence,' 100
tons, Capt. Thos. Lillie=:owners, Capt. Jno. Thomas, Saml. LiUie, John
Borland and Joseph Brigham of Boston."
This is an error, for Joseph Bridgham of Boston, whom we find
(Recs. Mass., Vol. V, p. 538), " 1st Ch. Boston, made free in May Court
1678." He died 1708/9, and was buried in King's Chapel ground. But,
as witness of how persistent the error was, we find on the tombstone of a
descendant (in King's Chapel), " Sarah, Dau., to Mr. Jos. and Mrs.
Abigail Brigham, aged 1 month deed. Oct. 7, 1728.'-
EARLY AMERICAN BRIGHAMS 25
in this work, that they may not be confused with the line of
Thomas Brigham the Puritan, our common ancestor,
But first, let us introduce a name merely suggestive. From Hot-
ten's List of Emigrants, etc., 1600-1700, p. xix., a register of all
such persons as embarked themselves in the good ship called the
" Hercules " of Sandwich (Eng.), and taken to the " plantation
called New England in America," etc. : " Tho. Bridgen of Faver-
sham, husbandman and his wife," 5 March, 1634. From Boys' Hist.
Sandwich, Eng., 1692, pp. 750-1. (See also N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.,
Vol. XV., p. 29.)
Savage (Gen. N. E.) informs us that this Thomas " Bridgen or
Brigden " settled in Charlestown, Mass., 1634; had two sons,
Thomas and Zachariah (grad. Har. Col. 1657 and prchd. Stoning-
ton, Mass.), and daus. Mary and Sarah.
Equally suggestive is an entry in Bond's excellent Hist. Water-
town, Mass., wherein the land of one " John Brigan " in 1642 was a
boundary line of a lot of E. Child.
JOHN BRIGHAM OF NEW PROVIDENCE, l633
His name is known from a letter in the Bouverie MSS., preserved
at Brymore, near Bridgewater, Eng. (Hist. MSS. Com., Vol. X., prt.
6, p. 85). In this letter, which is dated Oct. 28, 1633, Wm. Rud-
yerd, Wm. Rous, Roger Floyde, and John Brigham write from the
Island of Providence (one of the Bahamas) to (probably John
Pym, the great English leader) concerning the hardships of life
and agriculture on the Island. In the Calendar of State Papers
(Domestic Ser., Vol. CLI., a. d. 1581-'90, Q. Eliz., p. 146, sec. 35),
we learn that Mr. Secretary (probably Walsingham) has been in-
formed by Mr. Anthony Brigham that he approves of the Western
discoveries in America; recommends the formation of a company,
and advises them to hearken to the offers of Sir Philip Sidney and
Sir George Peckham. This " Anthony " Brigham may be the very
one who was "Bailiff" to Queen Elizabeth; and the "Western
discoveries in America," to which reference is made, are undoubtedly
those in the West Indies. So we are justified in belie\ing that the
" company " recommended was formed, that they did " hearken " to
" Sir Philip Sidney" (or someone), and that this letter of " John
Brigham " and others is information returned by them, as settlers
of the " Company " in the New World. It is entirely natural that
we should inquire what became of this John Brigham, who was set-
tled and writing back to England some year and a half before our
Thomas the Puritan was sailing out of London.
26 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
CAPTAIN SEBASTIAN BRIGHAM *
Paige's Hist. Cambridge (Mass.) records: " Brigham, Sebastian,
about 1638, bought house and garden at the northwest corner of
Holyoke and Winthrop Sts., which he sold to John Bridge in 1639.
He probably removed to Rowley."
Morse's Brigham book (p. 3) finds " no further trace " than shown
by Cambridge records.
There are preserved several entries in the Records of Massachu-
setts. Vol. II., p. 87, states that Sebastian Brigham (then of
Rowley), by action of the General Court, Nov. 13, 1644, "hath
liberty to sell wine and to keepe an ordinary."
Ibid., p. 187, May 26, 1647, The Rowley Co., having chosen
Sebastian B. their Captain, he is confirmed by Gen. Crt. Ibid.,
Vol. III., pp. 62, 105, 183: Capt. S. B. of Rowley is "Deputy"
in 1646, 1647, and 1650. Ibid., p. 186: He was appointed by the
Gen. Crt., May 23, 1650, one of a Commission to lay out the
boundaries of Haverhill, Mass. From the published Records of
Rowley, Mass., we learn that Sebastian Brigham was a large land-
holder.
From the Records of Rowley, Mass. (printed). Proem, p. vi. :
" Sebastian Briggam was the Captain of the first military com-
pany. Had wife, Mary. Returned to England about 1 657-1 Four
children were born here." |
VIII
MARLBORO AND ITS BRIGHAMS
As Marlboro, Mass., whose original boundaries included the pres
ent Northboro, Southboro, Westboro, and Hudson, is the Mecca of
the American Brigham, it is well here to give a brief summary of
the place and its Brigham inhabitants. In 1656, thirteen of the
leading settlers of Sudbury (the first town to the east) received
from the General Court favorable answer to their petition for a new
township grant: Marlboro being the result.
Heading the list of petitioners, and one of the first to move to
Marlboro, was Edmund Rice, who took with him his second wife,
the widow of Thomas Brigham the Puritan, with her young Brigham
family, whose names, however, do not appear upon' the records for
*See also Essex Instit. Coll., Vol. XX, p. 137.
t Blodgett's " Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass." says returned with
family about 1656 or earlier.
t Farmer's " Geneal. Reg. makes Sebastian's son ' John ' Brigham, a
graduate of Harvard Coll., 1669." The " Bridgham " family is entitled
to this honor. The earliest "Brigham" graduate was "Benjamin, 1764."
Brigliam's Mill DanT,"
1. Priest Whitney Place, Xorthboro. 2. Join
Northboro. 3. SaimieP Brigiiam's Tanyard, Marlboro.
4. Burial Plot, Last of the Indians, on Thomas^
Brigham Farm, Marlboro.
MARLBORO AND ITS BRIGHAMS 27
some time. They settled upon the north side of " The Pond," not
far from Williams' Tavern; and for the succeeding two and a half
centuries, the Brighams have continued to people the scene.
At the time of Philip's War, they fled to Watertown. On their
return, such was the feeling against Indian perfidy, a petition was
made to the General Court to divide the 6000-acre " Indian Planta-
tion," a part of and contiguous to Marlboro. Although this was de-
nied, the people, under the leadership of John Brigham, took a deed
from the Indians to these lands, 15 July, 1684; and though this was
declared " null and void " by the General Court, the white pro-
prietors proceeded to divide and settle these lands, under the super-
vision of their agent, the said John Brigham, who was their sur-
veyor. In the 1686 list of proprietors we find the names of all the
young Brighams, and their alliances, for the first time set out, viz.:
Mercy Hunt (former widow of the Puritan Brigham, who before
this time had married her third husband, William Hunt, also then
dead), Thomas Brigham, John Brigham, Samuel Brigham, John
Fay, (husband of Mary Brigham), and William Ward (husband of
Haimah Brigham). Feeling uneasy over the adverse action of the
Court, in 1683, the proprietors agreed that their grants " shall stand
good to all intents and purposes, if they be attested by John Brig-
ham, their Clerk." And so it stood, until, after a generation, having
acquired title by possession, the General Court confirmed it.
The first mill in town was built by John Brigham (before Philip's
War) on Assabet River (now in Northboro), and the site was only
recently abandoned.
The first tannery in town was built by Samuel Brigham, and con-
tinued in the family for generations. The shoe industry is now the
most important by far in town; and Francis Brigham, one of Sam-
uel's descendants, more than fifty years ago started in Hudson a
shoe factory, which is the leading business of that town.
In 1689, John Brigham was one of a committee of two chosen
by the town, when the tyrant Andros was superseded by the Colonial
Government.
At this period new settlements to the westward were being made
(e. g., Shrewsbury, Brookfield, Rutland, Worcester, and Grafton),
and the Brigham family, with others, sent its colonizers.
In Queen Anne's War, Samuel Brigham was one of the committee
to assign the inhabitants to the twenty-six log forts erected. Among
these, we see: "4. Capt. [Samuel] Brigham's Garrison." "10.
Thomas Brigham's Garrison," which included his son Jonathan.
" 14. Nathan Brigham's Garrison," and David Brigham of Edmund
Rice's Garrison. In this war Samuel Brigham was the lieutenant
of Capt. Howe, and thereafter received a bounty for destroying an
Indian.
28 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
In 1717, in reply to petition of Thomas Brigham and others,
about half the town land, with other added (including the Rice and
Fay farms to the westward) became the new town, "Westboro";
and among its first inhabitants are David and Jotham Brigham, with
the Rice, Ward, and Fay families (related by intermarriage) repre-
sented. Subsequently, Northboro, Southboro, and Hudson were
carved out of the parent town; in all of which the Brighams were
interested.
Some Marlboro records covering a period of many years were
lacking (and entirely lost in the Town Hall fire of 1903; showing
the town's wise foresight in having had published a history, by
Charles Hudson, 1862; to which the present writer owes so much),
but in 1756, we find Thomas and Capt. Ephraim Brigham on a
committee of five to repair the meeting-house " on the foreside and
two ends," including glazing " with sash glass, set in wood."
In the military history of Marlboro, the Brighams have held
conspicuous places. Numbers took a hand in the French and Indian
Wars, as exhibited by meager records; (Lieut. Ephraim, Sergt.
Benj., Corps. Asa and Ithamar, privts. Paul, Noah, etc.) ; and when
we come to the Revolution, we have full evidence of their bravery.
In the preliminary stages, George Brigham was one of the committee
of five to draw up a " Covenant of non-consumption of British
goods "; and was one of three to represent the town in the " Pro-
visional Government."
We now come to the immortal day of Concord and Lexington, 19
April, 1775; upon which day marched out from old Marlboro
Captain William Brigham and Company, including 2d Lieut.
Ithamar B., Sergts. Henry and Joseph B., Corp. Lewis B., and pri-
vates Lovewell, George, Gershom, and Alexander Brigham; in
Barnes' Company marched 2d Lieut. Paul Brigham, Corp. Antipas
B., and private Jonathan; in Gates' Company, privates Henry,
George, and Uriah; in Howe's Company, private Joel. In the same
year, enrolled with the " eight months " men, we find Capt. Paul,
and privates Jonathan, Abraham, Artemas, William, Uriah, Henry,
and George Brigham. Among others who fought during this war
are Lovewell, John Gott, David, Phineas, David, Paul, Daniel,
Samuel, Stephen, and Aaron Brigham. (For fuller detail, turn to
the Appendix, and individual records.)
Illustrating school activity: Thomas and Jotham Brigham were
on the school committee of five, irr 1745; Samuel Brigham received
£57.10 for teaching "two school quarters," in 1747; in 1771, Capt.
Ephraim Brigham left ,£111, a permanent fund, the interest to be
annually expended for a school for " writing and cyphering."
" Brigham School," thus created, gave to older pupils in the spring
>
MARLBORO AND ITS BRIGHAMS 29
(after "common school" closing) this additional instruction; until
the fund was merged in the general appropriations.
We are likely to forget that slavery once existed in New England.
In 1771, the Assessors return " 1 slave owned by Hannah Brigham."
In 1770, the Brigham "polls" in town, with the number in each
family, appear as follows: Samuel 1, Uriah 1, George 2, Ithamar 1,
Paul 1, Ephraim 3, Joseph 2, Benjamin 3, Asa 1, Solomon 1,
Caleb 2, and Winslow 1. Ephraim was one of the largest tax-
payers. At the beginning of the next century, the Brighams num-
ber 25 polls; making, with the Howes and the Rices, 73 of the 277
taxpayers.
"Brigham Cemetery" is situated on West Main Street; an en-
closure of some acre and a half, reached through a little lane and
commanding a pleasing landscape to the southwest. It was named
after Capt. William Brigham and Lydia his wife, who died in 1793,
of smallpox (one of the most dreaded foes of the early settlers) ;
and, as forbidden to be buried in a public cemetery, were here
entombed. In 1808 this land was deeded by Capt. William's son,
Col. Ephraim Brigham, Esq., to the Unitarian Society; and over
Ephraim's remains, in 1887, Lucius L. Brigham of Worcester erected
a fine gray granite monument. About thirty Brighams are here
buried, in a ground which, since 1882, has been kept in excellent
condition by the income of the " Gibbon Fund."
Of Marlboro civil oflBcers, we find:
Selectmen: Samuel Brigham, 1707, '10; Samuel, 1741, '42, '44,
'46, '48, '49, '54; Jedediah, 1741, '43, '47, '52; Ephraim, 1749, '50,
'54, '56-'59, '61, '62, '65, '67, '69; Joseph, 1749, '62, '64; Samuel,
1755; Joel, 1763, '72; Uriah, 1765, '68, '69; Winslow, 1770-'80,
'82, '84, '86, '88, '89, '91 ; Joseph, 1771 ; George, 1774-'76; Ithamar,
1775, '76, '78, '79, '82; Paul, 1777; Solomon, 1777; William, 1778,
'82, '85; Daniel, 1792-'94, '97-1813; Aaron, 1795, '96, 1802-'05;
Joseph, Jr., 1799, 1801; Paul, 1801; Ithamar, 1801, '06, '09, 'H,
'13; Ephraim, 1808; Jedediah, 1810, '14-'l6; Ashbel S., I8I6;
Ephraim, 1824, '25; Francis, 1846, '47; George, 1856.
Town Clerk: Samuel Brigham, 1754, '55; Uriah, 1769; Winslow,
1770-'80, '82; Daniel, 1807-'13; Jedediah, 1814.
Town Treasurer: George Brigham, 1741; Ephraim, 1742, '43,
'50, '52-'64; Daniel, 1801-'13; Jedediah, 1814-'18; George, 1855.
Assessors: Samuel Brigham, 1739, '40; Ephraim, 1747, '59-'63,
'65, '68; Winslow, 1769, '73, '77, '81, '82, '84-'86, '88; Asa, 1773,
'74; Paul, 1775, '76; Uriah, 1788; Daniel, 1794-'99; Aaron, 1800-
'06, '10; Jedediah, 1804, '08; Charles, 1849; Aaron, 1852.
Representatives to General Court: John Brigham, 1689, '92;
Samuel, l697-'99, 1705; Nathan, 1726, '30; Samuel, 1741; George,
30 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1776, '77, '81; Paul, 1777; Winslow, 1783, '84; Daniel, 1803, '10,
'12-'19; Francis, 1850, '52.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1779, Winslow Brigham;
Committee of Correspondence, 1776, Paul Brigham; 1780, Joel
Brigham. Justice Peace, Joseph Brigham, appointed 1804.
Of the three original Brigham settlers, two historically identified
their names with two homesteads: Thomas, west of town (on present
Glen St.), and Samuel, east of town (on present E. Main St.).
John Brigham seems to have been too busy to "keep home" here;
but he is identified by his miU (on the " Priest Whitney place ") in
Northboro, as well as his later homestead in Sudbury.
THOMAS BRIGHAM, THE EMIGRANT
THOMAS BRIGHAM, THE EMIGRANT:
1603-1653
1 THOMAS^ BRIGHAM, born probably in England in 1603;
died in Cambridge, Mass., 8 Dec., 1653; married, probably in
1637, Mercy Hurd, born probably in England; died in Marlboro,
Mass., 23 Dec, 1693.
Governor Winthrop has left a graphic narrative of sixty-four
days on shipboard coming hither from old England in 1630.*
The Rev. Richard Mather also kept a journal of his passage, in
1635, which occupied twelve weeks and two days from taking
ship at Bristol to the landing at Boston. f These stories present
a vivid picture of the perils and privations attending the long
voyage Thomas Brigham encountered a little earlier in the latter
season, from the somewhat more remote port of London. He must
have first set foot on the New England shore early in June, for in
one of the few passenger lists ij: of that time which have escaped
loss or destruction we read:
" VIII April 1635. Theis under written are to be transported
to New England imbarqued in the Susan and Ellen, Edward
Payne Mr (Master). The p'ties have brought certificates from
y® Ministers and Justices of the peace y*^ they are no subsidy
men; and are conformable to y® orders and discipline of the
Church of England. * * *
" Thomas Brigham 32 "
* * *
Aboard the same ship were Symon Crosby and his wife and in-
fant, future neighbors in Cambridge; Ralph Hudson and Per-
cival Green, who were to be fellow-townsmen there, and also two
boys, Benjamin and Daniel, with their father, the learned and
reverend Peter Bulkley, who the same year was to found the
town of Concord and long was its pastor and benefactor.
The record quoted, which is the earliest we have of Thomas
Brigham, shows that he was born in 1603, wherein occurred the
* Winthrop's History of New England, f Richard Mather's Journal.
■jf. Hotten's Original Lists.
33
34 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
death of Queen Elizabeth and the beginning of the reign of the
House of Stuart, which brought so much misfortune to the Puri-
tans of England.
We may yet learn from what English town or hamlet he came,
for the great mass of unprinted and inaccessible parish and pro-
bate records is slowly yielding each year to patient antiquarians
more particulars of those who passed to New England.
Landed in " the Massachusetts," perhaps he first went to live
in Watertown; but of that we have no intimation further than
the fact that his largest piece of planting ground was situated
within Watertown territory. This, however, was adjacent to the
bounds of Cambridge and only fourteen minutes' walk from the
centre of the latter settlement, while on the other hand Water-
town village was nearly three miles distant. In fact it was in a
district long ago taken from Watertown and made part of Cam-
bridge.
Dr. Bond, who made an exhaustive study of the early settlers
in Watertown, says: "Probably he (Thomas Brigham) did not
reside in Watertown " (^Genealogy and History of Watertown, p.
1006).
A visitor in 1633 thus described the village, which in 1638 was
to be renamed Cambridge:
" By this side of this river is built Newtown which is three
miles by land from Charlestown & a league & a half by water.
This place was first intended for a city but upon more serious
consideration, it was not thought so fit, being too far from the
sea, being the greatest inconvenience it hath. This is one of
the neatest & best compacted towns in New England, having many
structures & many handsome contrived streets. The inhabitants
are most of them very rich & well stored with cattle of all sorts,
having many hundred acres of ground paled in with one general
fence, which is about a mile & a halfe long, which secures all their
weake cattle from the wild beasts. On the other side of the river
lieth all their meadow & much ground for hay." *
An examination of the map of Cambridge as it was in 1635,
drawn by Mr. Charles D. Elliot, shows that the original settle-
ment, called " the town," lay between the present college yard and
the marsh at the river's edge. To the eastward stretched the first
" planting field," " the small lots " and " the large lotts " form-
ing " the Neck." To the westward of " the Town " lay the " West
End" and beyond that the "West End Field." In "the West
End" just within the encircling fort or stockade lived Thomas
Brigham,
The General Court in 1634, and again in 1635 and 1639, ordered
that records of every man's houses and lands should be taken,
* New England's Prospect, Josselyn, 1634.
£ <j 7. <i i q$ ^ Z la & 2.
;; ■// -'a.-im
<:• cj rj -T "^ 0 »- » *» 2 z t^*
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 35
entered in the town book and a transcript thereof handed into
court, and that such record should be a sufficient assurance of title.
The towns were slow in responding. The larger part of such
an inventory for Cambridge, and that which enumerates about
seventy proprietors, follows the date of September, 1639.
Thomas Brigham's property is described as follows:
" In the West end one house with three acres of Land and a
halfe the highway to watertowne North Joseph Isack Southeast
Symon Crosb (y) Southwest, the high waye to the Windemill Hill
West." (P. R., p. 64.)*
Situated thus at a corner, the lot can be identified with excep-
tional certainty; the "highway to watertowne," now Brattle Street,
and the " high waye to the Windemill Hill," now Ash Street, being
two very early thoroughfares, which have maintained their identity
from 1630 to the present day. If the curious reader cares to
follow Ash Street to the river, he will notice that the " Winde
mill hill " was a low one, being rather a projection of the higher
land into the marshes; and looking up the Charles River, as it
comes down through the broad meadows, it is still evident why,
in 1632, the mill was removed to Boston, because only when the
wind came from across these meadows to the west had it force
to propel the sails.
Forty-one pages further on, in the Proprietors' Book, this
description is repeated, except that we now have " one Dwelling
house with out houses." Elizabeth Isaacke is now on the South-
east and " John Benjamin and An Crosby on the South west."
Their father Symon died in 1639- When this property was deeded
in 1654, it is described as " conteyning the late mansion house
of the s^ Thomas Brigham with the Edifices, Barn, Cow houses
and about three acres and a halfe to the same adjoyning
a part whereof is a garden & orchards."
Radcliffe College has lately acquired a portion of this estate,
known as the Greenleaf estate, as it lies directly across Brattle
Street from its grounds which contain " Faye House," " Agassiz
Hall " and the Gymnasium building, and eventually will form its
principal quadrangle.
The Watertown Booh of Possessions describes Thomas Brig-
ham's property in that town as follows (a. d. 1639):
" Thomas Brigam.
" 1. Thirteen Acres of upland more or less and one Acre of
Meddow bounded the East with John Marrett & Cambridge line
the West with Thomas Andrews & Robert Keies the North with
Cambridge Street the South with River & Samuel Saltonstall."
* P. R. refers to the Proprietors' Record of Cambridge, and to the
pages as numbered in the printed publication.
36 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Here again the bounds are of exceptional clearness: the river,
Cambridge Street (now Brattle Street) and the " Cambridge line "
(now Sparks Street).
If the curious reader has followed Ash Street to the " Winde
mill hill/' he has noticed along the foot of its short western slope
a group of ancient willows, the willows that Lowell loved and
sang:
" . . . an ancient willow spreads
Eight balanced limbs, springing at once all round,
His deep ridged trunk with upward slant diverse.
In outline like enormous beaker. . . .
"This tree
Is one of six, a willow Pleiades,
The seventh fallen, that lean along the brink
Where the steep upland dips into the marsh.
Their roots like molten metal cooled in flowing.
Stiffened in coils and runnels down the bank.
The friend of all the winds, wide armed he towers
And glints his steely aglets in the sun.
— Under the Willows, James Russell Lowell.
This group of willows bounds at one end a portion of the
Metropolitan Park which lies between the Charles River and
Mt. Auburn Street. At its other end Thomas Brigham's " Water-
town Field " came down to the stream. Inland from " the wil-
lows " the narrow Longfellow Park extends up to the front of
Craigie House and as a memorial preserves the vista of which that
poet was so fond, looking across the " meadows on y® south side
the river," as the old records call them, where is now " Soldiers
Field," and its huge white stadium, which gathers within it of
an afternoon, a crowd in numbers double the whole population of
Massachusetts in the days of Thomas Brigham.
If we go up Sparks Street from the river as far as Brattle
Street, observing that what is now Hubbard Park (or two and one-
half acres of it) substantially represents the lot that John Mar-
rett owned at the northeast corner of Thomas Brigham's land,
then follow Brattle Street to Lowell Street, and thence by that
street to the park, then to the river front, and then along the water
to where Sparks Street would enter it, we shall have compassed
the Watertown property of Thomas Brigham. We have also
included about three acres at the corner of Mt. Auburn Street and
Lowell Street that belonged to Samuel, the son of Sir Richard
Saltonstall, the exact boundary line of which is uncertain.
At the back of the Cambridge Proprietors' Book, without date
but by the context perhaps as early as 1636, is recorded: " Lootts
Given out By the towne one the South side of Charles River: in
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 37
two Sever (al) Divissions: to severall men as followeth." In these
as " 53 " Thomas " Bridgham " received in " The Lower Division "
4 acres and in " the Upper division " 4 acres 7 (poles).
Thomas was made by the General Court a Freeman of the
Massachusetts Bay Company, April 18, 1637,* and thus became a
member of the body politic and acquired the right to vote. Pre-
liminary to this he must have been a member of Cambridge church,
but its records for the early years are lost. The oath required of
a Freeman by the law of 1634 was', as follows:
I, A. B., being by God's providence, an inhabitant and ffree-
man within the jurisdiction of this Commonweale, doe freely ac-
knowledge my self e to be subject to the governm* thereof doe
heere sweare, by the great and dreadful name of the everlasting
God, that I wil be true and faithful to the same, and will ac-
cordingly yeilde assistance and support thereunto, with my pson
and estate, as in equity I am bound, and will also truely indeav'
to maintaine and preserve all the libertyes and privilidges thereof,
submitting my selfe to the wholesome laws and orders made and
established by the same: and furth"", that I will not plott nor
practise any evil against it, nor consent to any that shall so doe,
but will timely discover and reveale the same to lawfuU authority
now here established, for the speedy preventing thereof. More-
over, I doe solumnely bynde myself e, in the sight of God, that when
I shall be called to give my voice touchijig such matter of this
state, wherein freemen are to deale, I will give my vote and
suffrage, as I shall judge in myne owne conscience may best con-
duce and tend to the publique weale of the body, without respect
of psons, or favor of any man.
Soe helpe mee God, in the Lord Jesus Christ.
" Oc'tob'' the firste 1639" he was chosen constable and "joined
with the Townsmen " or selectmen {T. R., p. 36). f
" Att a Towne meeting the first Monday in Mar 1639 • • •
It is ordered that all that is not outsyde fence in the west flfeilde
but common ffence betweene that and the other twoe new ifeildes
shall be Removed by the owners of the same and sett upp uppon
the lyne betweene Cambridge and Watertow and to lessen their
charges they shall be abated in ev''ie five Rod one Rodd and w* shall
remaine: to be done att a generall charge as the other Rayles and
this to be done before the first of August next ensuing uppon
the penalttie of 5^ a rod for ev''ie defaulte. The wch order Thomas
Parrishe and Thomas Briggam shall see to be fulfilled uppon
the forfit of XX« a man " &c.— (T. R., p. 39).
* Records of the Mass. Bay Colony, i. p. 373.
t T. B. refers to the Town Records of Cambridge, and to the pages
of the printed publication.
38 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
At " a Court of Assistants, or Quarter Court, held at Boston,
the 3rd of the 10th mo. 1639," Thomas Brigham was one of the
twelve jurymen on the trial of " Marmaduke Peirce, being indited
upon suspition of murther, was found not guilty, but was bound to
the good behavio'', and to appear at the next Court, and to pay
the witnesses and Nico. Davis was bound in 20^ for his appear-
ance.— " (Colonial Records.)
In the fall of 1640 land was granted: to Joseph Cook 400 acres,
to Mr. Samuell Shepard 400 acres, to Captaine Cooke and Edward
Goffe each 600 acres and to John Bridge 350 acres. When:
John More
There were then p'sent six of the Thomas Briggam
seven Townsmen that subscribed * unto Thomas Marret
theis Grauntes n ly Edwrd Goff
John Bridge
Joseph Cooke
(T. B., p. 41.)
Xth Novembr 1640 Att a Towne meeting generally of all the In-
habit . . . There were chosen for Townsmen as followeth:
Tho: Marret
Thoms Parrish
Thomas Briggam
Joh Stedman
Abrahm Shawe
(T. R., p. 43.)
8 9th month called Novem: 1642.
Att a towne meeting . . . there were chosen . . . fFor Con-
stables for this prsent yeare Tho Briggam
Edwa: Oakes
(T. B., pp. 46-47.)
Anno 1645 were graunted by the Towne these forty seaven Lotts, on
the west side of Monotamye river, to the sevall inhabitants of the Towne
as foUoweth . . .
Thomas Brigham one acr more or lesse William Manninge east, John
Bruer west Charlestown lyne north Comon south.
These 47 lots, of from one to 3^ acres each, were all adjacent
to the Charlestown line with the common land to the south of them.
Thomas Brigham's is the sixteenth from the east end.
In the yeare 1645 . . .
Alsoe granted the land on this side the water f lying beyond (5) miles,
unto the seaventh mile for small farmes. The names of the prsons &
quantities followeth, onely they that fall by lott between the 5^^ & 6th
mile, there quantity is to be multiplied by 8: and they that between the
sixth & seaventh mile there quantity to be multiplied by nine. & what
the land on this side the water Cometh short to make up the prties prpor-
* In the original record these names are all entered by the clerk.
t Menotime.
\
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 39
tions here after mentioned of the land on ye other side the water, to begin
at the nerest, & soe on.
ac
Itm to Herbert Pelham, Esq. late Mr Bucklies house - 13 - 00
1 lott Tho: Brigham -10-00
(T. B., p. 67.) •
There are 25 lots in all.
We do also agree and give the land at Menotime for their full prpor-
tions of all the lands in ye Towne except Rich: Jacson John Betts:
and Tho: Brigham (T. B., p. 69).
The Church book of Disbursements contains this entry:
1645. Payd our brother Briggam for something for clothinge for his
sone 0:7:6
(Paige's Hist, of Cambridge, p. 258.)
This may refer to Sebastian Brigham or to John Brigham. As
we read it, this does not seem consistent with the estate which
Thomas Brigham possessed before and after this date.
At a towne meting: 8<3: (4) mo 1646: . . .
Thomas Brigham delinquent in ye Breach of the about hogs, viz: for
his wives rescuing of two Hogs from ye Impounder when He should a
driven them to pound, for ten at one time and two at another being
unringed, and thre being impounded allsoe for two oxen of his: Breaking
ye order. . . . (T. B., p. 53.)
Thomas Brigham for ye Breach of ye Hog order to pay for ye two
rescued away by his wife Vs and for ye other 00 - 07 - 06
4 (9)mo 1646
Severall men fined ( ) Breach of the orders concerning oxen and
hogs . . .
Bro. Brigham (for 10 hogs at one time and
(4 at another and 3 at another 4s - 00
(without a keeper and some unringed
(T. B., p. 54.)
The list of the offenders, of which this is one, includes over
forty names, or a large part of the inhabitants of the hamlet.
11th 8. 1647
It is ordered that Bro. GoflFe and Bro: Ed: Oakes shall gather up the
fines due to Bro. Cane for his fines of the oxen.
s d
of Robert Parker -0-8-2
of Tho: Brigham -0-7 -8 etc
40 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
The list of 18 names ends with
of Elder Champnis - -0-8
According to this account every man is Bated one third prt of what
he ough(t) to a payde By the towne order wch is Sd pr heade. & we have
Concluded that every man shal pay according to this. & soe he pay but
2d. pr heade for every default. & theese men are to be sattisfied out of
the fines for there gathering them up (T. B., pp. 63, 63).
Severall Officers Chosen to order the prudentiall affaires of this Towne
for this present yeare Ensueing the date hereof.
8th 9th 1647 . . .
for Townsmen (John Bridge
(Tho: Marret
(John Stedman
(Tho: Brigham
(Tho: Beale (T. B., p. 69.)
13th (1) 1647/1648 . . .
Whereas It hath bine formerly ordered and published that all out fences
be sufficiently made by the owners thereof before the last of this prsent
month and the penalty of 6<i pr rod, for every rod that is found failing:
It is now ordered that there shalbe 12<i a month penalty for every rod that
shalbe found delinquent after the last of this prsent month is expired:
to be demanded of the owners of such fence from time to time the
saide monthly fine untill such time as the fence be made sufficient . . .
John Bridge, Tho: Marrett, Tho: Brigham and Tho: Beale are appoynted
to see this ordered uppon the owners of the fence belonging to the
West feilde (T. B., p. 73).
17th 3th mo. 1648.
Thomas Brigham Bought of Williams Hamlett, ten acr of land in fresh
Pond med. abutt. William Holman, Nathaneell Sparahauke, John Doget,
Richard Champnis, Susan Bloget, and -William Man, North West, the
greate swamps South East, Widow ifisher Souwest (P. B., p. 134).
7th of the 6th mo: 1648
thease presents witnes that thomas Brigham of Cambrigd having A
percell of land about three akers more or les adioning to the west field
in Cambrigd bounds being bounded Watertowne highway to the fresh
pond Southwest great swamp north Robert parker East: hee doth freely
Resigne up all his right & Intrest in the same into the hands of the towns-
men from him and his for ever. Condition that they dispose of It as
that Care be made to maintain the fence that is layd upon that land to
beare and secure the said thomas brigham from all future damages
theareby
In presence of his T marke
Roger bancroft thomas brigham
Jonathan bower
thomas dan forth
this land the towns men doe asigne to thomas Marrit upon Condition hee
make the fence.
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 41
11th 10th mo 1648
thomas Marrit Resigned up this land againe into the towns hand, the
note of thease acts put upon file (P. R., p. 154).
12 of (10) 1648 . . .
Lands layd out, on the Rocks, on the North side the River Impr. To
Thomas Brigham:
Seventy two acr's Charlestowne line on the north. Cow Comon East
(P. B., p. 138).
The interesting story of the recent discovery of the location of
this " small farme " is told in the Appendix to this book.
8th of the 11th 1648: . . .
Liberty granted to Thomas Brigham to fell some timber on the Comon
for the Repaireing of his house and out fences, prvided it be before the
first of June next Ensueing: (T. R., p 79).
23th 12th mo. 1648
Uppon an apoytment, of a generall meeting of the proprietors of the
Lands within the west feild, we then found according to a division made
of the fence appurtayneing to the same, formerly: everjinans pportion
as here followeth in order, begining at the first foure Railes next the
greate Swamp adjoyning to the ox pasture and ending at water Towne
Line next Wm Hamletts The fence is divided in the generall for one
acre of land, 3 pole of fence. . . .
foot
Tho: Brigam 12 * (P. B., pp. 335-7.)
Thomas Brigham's is the 72d lot in 89 items.
At a generall meeting of the pprietors of the necke of land by the
consent of the major pt of the pprietors there was an adition of fence
added to cache pprietor for the preserving of it from stroy: . . .
The fence was thus devided in order following
rod foot inch
Impr To mr Cooke half that which lay agst his land and
his ption for his land in the neck 5 12
To Mr Herbert Pelham 16 5^
To Tho: Danforth 04 14
Robt: Broadish 02 07
Wm Homan 00 01
Tho: Bridgham 00 12
Then follow 28 others (P. R., pp. 338-9),
The only reference to Thomas Brigham preserved in the Water-
town records, other than the description of his property already
quoted, is as follows:
It is Ordered, yt acording to the complaynt of those two men apoynted
by the towne, for the seeing unto the suflBciency of fences, wee have
awarded, Thomas Brigham to pay unto the s^ men, yt is Garrett Church
& John Trayne, the some of five shillings, for that he did not sett up his
pt of fence wth his neighbors according to order (First September, 1651,
Watertown Records, vol. i. p. 23).
42 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
January 12 1651 . . . Goodman Brigham is Cost by the Townsmen
the Sum of 10s : to Garrett Church & John Trayne the Town oflfeceres for
ye not regulating his hogs according to the Towne orders (Ibid., p. 28).
The Devission of Shaw Shine:*
4 (4) 52
The Number of evne mans lott, and Quantity of acres is as followeth
• • • • ■
89/ Tho: Briggam 180 acres.
• • • • ■
(T. B., pp. 97, 98.)
14 (13) 1652
Robert Parker hath liberty to Sell some timber, for his use, as also
John flfessington, for enlarging his barne, and Tho: Brigham for railes
(T. B., p. 101).
14 : 12 : 1652
It is agreed between Ri: Jacson, Tho: Brigham on the one prty and
Mr Joseph Cooke, Edward Goffe, and Tho: Danforth on ye other prty,
yt all differences about the fence in the necke of land, appertyning to
Cambridge; shall be referred to the hearing and determination of Deacon
Monsell and Tho: Perce of Charles Towne, to determine the matter in
diflFerence between the marsh and upland, each prty to procure one of
the said arbitrators at or before the 10th of March next ensueing.
Joseph Cooke Richard Jackson
Edward Goffe Thomas Brigham
Thomas Danforth (T. B., p. 157.)
the 28th loth mo. 1653
The proprietors of the wood Lotts meeting together agreed to devide
the remainder of the wood Lotts apperteyning to these Lotts formerly
Devided in to foure Squadrants, wch was accordingly done by lott being
in evne Squadrant thirty acres. ... In ye 4th Squadrant next Spy
pond
Tho: Cakes - 02
Edw: Winship - 02^
Mr Michell - 06
Abra: Errington - 01^
ffranc: Whitmore - 00|
Ri: Champney - 03 j
Tho: Chisholme - 04
The towne Lott - OIJ
Tho: Brigham - 02
Jno: ffessington - Olf
Andrew Belshar - OU
26|
{T. B., pp. 64, 65.)
* Shawshine was set off from Cambridge in 1655 and incorporated as
the town of Billerica, previous to which the Cambridge men who had
received grants in that territory, with a few exceptions, united in what
is called the " Great Deed," conveying all their rights to the inhabitants
of Billerica. Thomas Brigham's lot. No. 89, was included in that
conveyance.
44 - 07 - 8
26 - 04 - 4
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 48
The following entry, which must belong before 1654, is found
at the end of the Town Book, printed upside down, the date on the
preceding page being for 1703:
s
Robert Parker 49 - 08 - 2
Thomas Bredgham
Rich Wyeth
Will man 16 - 02 - 8
Holman 10 - 01 - 8
Elder ffrost 15 - 02 - 6
Grene 18 - 03 - 0
Dansfurth 6-01-0
Crackbone 13 - 02 - 2
ffrench 05 - 00 - 10
Holms 28 - 04 - 8
Shaw 12 - 02 - 0
Gibsonn 11 - 01 - 10
hildreth 8 - 01 - 4
Coopr 6 - 01 - 0
Oak 2-00-4
Brandish 10 - 01 - 8
Eldr Chpns
4 - 00 - 0
47
(T. B., p. 350.)
Thomas Brigham died the 8th day of the 10th month, 1653
(Old Style), or December Ipth, 1653 (New Style).
He was buried, there is convincing reason to believe (Mr. Morse
notwithstanding), in the old Burial Ground on the south side of
the Cambridge Common, a few minutes' walk from his mansion;
but no stone remains to mark the spot. Only one of the existing
stones* records a death as early as 1653, that of Ann Erinton,
who died two days after Thomas Brigham. The stone next in
age is ten years later, and commemorates Elizabeth Cutter, sister-
in-law of Mercy Brigham's sister, if Mr. Morse's supposition is
correct.
WILL OF THOMAS BRIGHAM, THE PURITAN f
In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Brigham of Cambridge
being at this pnt writeing weake in body, and not knowing how the
Lord will dispose of me, whether for life or death, and haveing
yet through the mercy of God, a good memory and sound under-
standing, do hereby ordeine and make this my last Will & Testi-
ment, my poare Soule wch I do beleive is imortall and shall live
when my body is dissolved to dust, I do desire by faith humbly
to comitt and leave it in y® Armes of the everlasting mercies of God
* Cambridge Epitaphs, Harris, 1845.
t Both the will and the inventory are copied from the original documents.
44 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
the father in his deare and Eternal Sonne Jesus Xt, who when I
was altogether full of Enmity agst him, and a miserable undone
child of wrath, did then send his holy word accompanied with the
irresistable power of his ow° blessed spirit to make knowne and
apply the exceding and abundant riches of his grace to my Soule,
by w^*' faith I have desired to live, and do now desire to dy, and
go to that Lord Jesus who hath Loved me to the Death that I a
poare sinner might live, my body I comitt it to the earth to be
decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix, and as for my
children, and outward blessings wch the Lord hath bin pleased of
his goodnes to blesse me w*^*^ all and for a time to make me Steward
of my will is that they be thus disposed of as followeth, viz*^. my
just debts being first sattisfyed, my will is that my loveing wife
shall have to her owne vse one third pt of my estate, according
to the Law of the Country: and to my Eldest sonne Thomas I
give one third pt of the remainder of my estate, and the rest of
my estate to be equally divided between my other 4: children Jn°
and Mary and Hannah and Samuell my will is that my wife shall
have the vse of my whole estate dureing her widow hood, for the
bringing up and education of my children and in case the Lord
shall provide for my wife by mariage, it shall then be at the wiU
and discretion of the overseers of this my last will and testament,
whether my children with their portions shall continue with her
or not, and as they see meet to dispose of them and their portions
for their education and bringing up. I do appoint my wife to be
sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament and do also
desire my Loveing Brethren Thomas Danforth, Jn°. Cooper, Thomas
Fox, Jn°. Hastings, and William Towne to be overseers of this
my last will and testament: and in witness hereof I do hereunto
put my hand and scale this 7th of the 10^'' mo. 1653,
Read & signed in the his T marke
presence of John Cooper Thomas Brigham (Seal)
John Hastings *
Tho: Danforth Proved S^ 8m 1654,
At a County Court held at Cambridge the 3: (8mo) 1654
Thomas Danforth, John Cooper, Thomas Fox and Jno. Hastings
appearing before the Court, Attested upon oath that the within
named Thomas Brigham deceased: being of a sound mind and
good memory made this his last will & testament
Thomas Danforth Recorder.
Entered & Recorded 25-11-1654, Mid. Prob., L. V., p. 41 and
43-7.
By Tho: Danforth
No. 1733
Recorder
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 45
INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM
The 10: of the 12 mo: 1653
And Inventery of the Goode and Chattells of Thomas Bridgham
Latly deceased followeth
£ s d
Imprs one Cloake and a cloth suite 02 - 00 - 00
It one stufe Coate and a water stufe oxJd suit & shett band) ^ _ ._
& other linen \
It one large cloth Coat 0-13-04
It one cloth stragt Coat & a new paire of breches one hatt 68 8d 1 - 16 - 08
It a paire of boots shoes and stockens 0-10-00
It In silver 0-11-02
It 3 silver spones 0-12-00
In the paler
It: one great bedstadle 1-00-00
It one feather bed and boulter larg 4-10-00
It one feather bed fine teken 3 pellows 3-15-00
It one litle feather bed " 1-10-00
It one grene ruge and a paire blankets 3-10-00
It Cartenes and vallance 1-00-00
It one paire of hollon shets 1-06-08
It 4 paire of flaxen shets 1-08-00
It 2 paire of corse shets 0-13-04
It 9 pellows 3s 4'i p pece 1-10-00
It one dammeske cobbert cloth 0-02-06
It one Calecoe cobbert cloth 0-02-08
It one fine table cloth 0-04-00
It 3 short table clothes 0-06-08
It one duessen of napkins 0-06-00
It 3 cors napkines 0-01-00
It 3 towells 0-01-04
It 2 small trunkes wherein the lenen is 0-10-00
It one levery table & cloth 0-10-00
It one cubbert table and cloth 1-06-08
It 2 Joyne cheyers a buffet stolle 0-10-00
It 2 cobbert clothes 0-03-04
It 2 peces of branch stufe 4 Chusenes 0-03-04
It 4 chusens 0-02-08
It 4 £ Carret sed 0-08-00
It i Carraway sede 0-05-00
It a parcell of ould [ ] with one bible and a greater bible 1-00-00
It one warmin pane 0-02-00
It a table basket 0-02-00
It 11 £ of wollen & Gotten yarne 2s 6d 1 - 07 - 06
In the hall
It a table a forme & Carpet cloth 0 - 15 - 00
It a small table & cloth 0-03-00
It 2 chests 0-13-04
It 4 Joyne cheyers 0-10-00
' Thomas Brigham, 1654-1753.
46 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
It 3 Joyne stoles
It one Coselet & pikes
It a paire of horsman pestoll and a cutlash and belte
It a Corliver and sword & belt
It a lanthorne
It one paire of Cobbornes
It 2 stone Jauges other small things
In the checken [kitchen]
It one halfe headed bedstadle blockbed boulster a ruga
Coverlet a paire of blankets curtenes & vallance and a
£
0
1
1
0
0
s
02
10
10
13
01
15
01
d
00
00
00
04
00
00
06
bed suttell [settle]
3
- 00 -
00
It a tranell bed 2 ould Coverlets with a chaflfe bed & boulster
1
- 00 -
00
47
- 16 -
06
In the Chambers
£
s
d
It one flocke bed and boulster one Covelut a shet and a paire j
1
- 00 -
00
of blankets 1
It a table
0
- 03 -
04
It a wennowing cloth
0
- 10 -
00
It a small spining whelle
0
- 01 -
00
It a sadle and bridle a brest gurt and a ould sadle
1
- 00 -
00
It 6 sickle and hockes [hooks]
0
- 03 -
00
It a hand sawe shave and 2 seives
0
- 03 -
00
It 3 paire of woU cards
0
- 02 -
00
It 3 corne seives
0
- 02 -
00
It a childs Cradle
0
- 04 -
00
It 7 bush wheate
1
- 15 -
00
It 19 bush Indian
2
- 17 -
00
It 3 bush i rye
0
- 14 -
00
It 6 bush pease
1
- 04 -
00
It sieve and stafe
0
- 02 -
8
It 3 barreU & 3 halfe barrell
0
- 08 -
00
It 2 dressed skines
0
- 03 -
00
It 43 £ peuter
2
- 03 -
00
It 2 bell Candlesticks
0
- 03 -
00
It 3 peuter porrengers
0
- 02 -
06
It one double salt and one single
0
- 02 -
00
It one peuter quart pot
0
- 02 -
06
It one small flaggon
0
- 04 -
00
It a here cup and a small beaker
0
- 02 -
00
It here pot of peuter
0
- 01 -
4
It a chamber vessell
0
- 01 -
8
It a scumraer and brasse Candlestic
0
- 03 -
00
It a brasen baken pan
0
- 02 -
6
It 2 Iron pots and pothockes
0
- 13 -
00
It 2 peuter basine a wine cup and a peuter botle
0
- 03 -
6
It one duessene ockeme spons
0
- 06 -
00
It more 8 ockeme spones
0
- 02 -
0
It one ould brase pot
0
- 10 -
0
It: 2 trammells 5s a spett & foot
0
- 07 -
6
It one Cobbourne firepan & tongs
0
- 08 -
0
It a duessene of trenchers
0
- 01 -
0
15 - 10 - 0
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 47
£ s d
It one salt boxe with other small thg 0 - 01 - 6
It 4 wembems a gouges 3 chesseles 0 - 06 - 0
It 3 paire hinges 0 - 03 - 0
It a mattocke 3b 6d a pease meax Is 0-04-8
It a hummer pinsonne 2 paire hocks 0 - 03 - 0
It a parrcel of ould Irom 0 - 10 - 0
It 2 bettell rings 3 wedges 0 - 05 - 0
It 2 brasse Cetles 1 - 10 - 0
It a brasse morter and a Iron pestell 0 - 05 - 0
It a some beflfe and porke & butter & suit 3 - 10 - 0
It 2 here barrell 0 - 05 - 0
It one payle and a Iron bayle 0-01-0
It one chuerne and stafe 0 - 03 - 6
It 4 chese Fats 2s 5 trayes 20<i 0-04-0
It 3 remnant of narrow cloth 3 - 17 - 9
It 5 yds sarge 7s 6^ j) yd 1-17-6
It one ould hodghead 0 - 02 - 0
It 14 ewe shepe 40s a pece 20 - 00 - 0
It 2 oxen 15£ 15 - 00 - 0
It 2 steres come 3 yere ould one heifer come 3 yere ould one|
heifer with calf (
it 2 stere come 2 yere 05 - 00 - 00
It one Cow with Calfe 5£ 5s 05 - 05 - 00
It one black ould Cowe 4£ 04 - 00 - 00
It one pyd Cowe 4-10-00
67 : 04 : 03 :
It 3 Calfes of the last yeare 4-10-00
It 4 Cowes 18 - 00 - 00
It the dwelling house & barne with 4 Akors of land adiojg 70 - 00 - 00
It the lot bought of Goodman Doggett in watertowne 40 - 0-00
It the upland and medowe in the hether end of watertowne 60 - 00 - 00
It 10 Akors in rocke medow 15 - 00 - 00
It 9 Akors salt marsh 13 - 10 - 00
It a small farme on Charlestown line 10 - 00 - 00
It one ould gray mare 15 - 00 - 00
It one young Mare 15 - 00 - 00
It one pyboU mare with foil 15-00-00
It one mare 4 yere ould 16-00-00
It one yearing mare Colt 07 - 00 - 00
It Daneel Mykene a Scot 15 - 00 - 00
It Anne Keche 6 years to serve 08 - 00 - 00
It a Cart and whelles 1-10-00
It one plow chane and yoake 0-06-00
It one swine 1-10-00
It 5 yds Canvis 28 p yd 0-10-00
It one harrow 0-08-00
It about 8 Akors rye on the ground 8-00-00
334
: 04
: 00
47
; 16
: 06
67
: 04
: 03
Edward Goffe
John Bridge 449 : 04 : 09
Edward mitcheasonn
48 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
At a County Court held at Cambridge 3 (8 m°) 1654 Mercy
Brigham Executrix of the last will and Testament of the within
named Thomas Brigham deceased, Attested upon oath that this
above & w'^hin written is to her best knowledge a true Inventory
of the whole estate of her husband Thomas Brigham deceased,
and if any more shall hereafter appeare shee will truly discover
and certifie the Same.
Entered & Recorded the
26 (12) 5:4 — Tho: Danforth: Recorder.
Tho: Danforth Recorder.
Certain terms in the inventory are thus explained;
Livery table, a delivery or serving table.
Joine chair or joine stool, such furniture framed with joinery
work.
Buffet stool, a cushion for the feet, or small ottoman.
Cob-irons, andirons.
Ockumy spoons, Ockimy or Ockamy, a " mixed metal."
Pease meake. Peas hook.
Cheese fatt, a vat or round box.
Piggin, a wooden dipper.
October 20, 1651, by act of Parliament, certain Scotch prisoners
were made free. A large number of them seem to have come to
Charlestown in December, 1652. In the list was one Daniel
Mackajne (Suffolk Deeds, vol. i. p. 6). It seems possible it was
he who appears in the inventory as Daneel Mykene. Thomas
Bri'gham may have paid his passage money, to be repaid subse-
quently in labor as was then a custom, so that at the death of
Thomas Brigham the value of labor then due was £15.
A better understanding of Thomas^ Brigham's property is gained
by a consideration of the disposition made of the real estate after
his death.
In March, 1654, " whereas the Lord hath in his wise providence
so disposed that the s*^ Mercy Brigham the relict widdow of the
s*^ Thomas Brigham is now married to Edmund Rice of Sudbury,"
etc. the overseers of the will sold to Thomas Fox, one of their
number, for £40, the " Watertown field " estimated to contain
20 acres more or less (see Note 1 at the close of this generation),
and at the same time deeded to John Hastings, another of their
number, for £60, the mansion house with garden and orchard, also
a lot in the Neck and also a wood lot and the town rights appertain-
ing to these (see Note 2).
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 49
Neither of these deeds was recorded until 31 years later, and
by some mischance the authority to make these sales which the
overseers had obtained from the General Court was not properly
entered until 30 years after making the deeds, when a second ap-
plication was made and received approval from the General Court.
Meanwhile in 1681 the children of Thomas Brigham, now about
30 and 40 years of age, sold in two pieces the 10 acres their
father had owned in Rockie meadow (see Note 3), and also another
10 acres of his meadow and swamp land (see Note 4).
Still later, and 42 years after their father's death and when
their mother had been dead two years, they appear to have been
ignorant of these deeds that have been quoted as made by the
overseers, or else they felt the overseers had not fulfilled the
requirement of the General Court that they (the overseers) should
give proper surety for the rights of the heirs. They therefore
formally made claim for their rights to the property, Samuel
Hastings having, meanwhile, acquired the properties deeded both
to his father and to Thomas Fox. The quaint ceremony is recorded
as follows:
"THO: BRIGHAMS CLAIME
" These may certifie all p^'sons whome it may concerne that we
y® subscribers p^'sent at y® house of Samuel Hastings in Cambridge
in the County of Middlesex in New England in y® 27'*^ of Septem-
ber 1695, and there being desired by Thomas Brigham, Samuel
Brigham & Hannah Ward to bear Witness to what demands of
Land or Claimes made by them of Lands in y® possession of y®
above s^ Samuel Hastings & then & there we heard John Brigham
aforesaid which is of Marlburrough Demand in the behalfe of y®
Rest, the Possession of y® Lands as followeth, viz: the Homestall
which is four acres with the Dwelling house Barn & all that was
upon y® Land, w'^'^ all y® Towne Rights & priviledges Divisions or
allotments whatsoever belonging to y® same also nine acres of marsh
neer M"" Hough's farme at the Great Creek on y® Neck in Cam-
bridge. Also a Feild Called by y® name of Watertowne Feild,
with two little Lotts adjoining called by y® name of Keys ffeild
and Wilcocks Lott in one Intire parcell Containing by Estimation
20 acres or thereabouts, bounded Northerly by a highway partly
& partly by land in the Possession of Goodman Wise (Withe ?)
& Goodman Hicks, Southerly by Land which was M' Sam" Saltin-
stalls Easterly by y® Land now in the Possession of John Marrett,
upon the day above written we heard John Brigham afores^ upon
the Land afore mentioned, make Demand of Samuell Hastings
aforenamed all y® Lands above mentioned as it was theire portions
50 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
left by theire fFather Thomas Brigham Deceased and Samuel
Hastings owned he was in Possession of s"^ Lands Demanded &
in p^'ticular the land here mentioned being in the bounds of
Watertowne.
" Also we see John Brigham at the same time cut off a Twigg
of an apple tree with an apple upon it & carry it away off y®
Homestall as a Testimony of his Challenge made to y® Land here
mentioned. Also we see Thomas Brigham John Brigham & Samuel
Brigham cutt Twiggs off trees & Ears of Corn upon y® Lands
herein mentioned lying in Watertowne & carry them away as a
Testimony of theire Challenge of the Said Land being theires by
theire ffathers Will And in Testimony hereof, In Witness hereunto
We have set our hands this Twenty Seventh of Septemb'' one thou-
sand Six hundred ninety and Five.
" David Downing.
" Israel Cheever
" Camb^ 27. SeptemV. 1695
" Charlestowne Septemb'' 28 1695 Rec'd in y® office Record &
Entered by Sam" Phipps Records"
On the same day the heirs also went through the ancient form of
challenge, at the " small Farm on the Charlestown line," which
had passed in some way into the hands of Thomas Danforth, one
of the overseers of the estate, but the deed for which he had never
recorded. What they did is thus told in the ancient record:
" We that have subscribed our Names Do Testifie and say that
we were desired on y^ 27^*" of Septemb'" 1695. By Tho. Brigham,
John Brigham, Samuel Brigham & Hannah Ward the Children
of Thomas Brigham Deceased all of Marlburrough in the County
of Mid'' in the Massachusetts Bay in New England to go along with
them to a ffarme upon the Rocks within the bounds of Cambridge,
within the aforesaid County, which ffarme is asserted by them to
be Eighty Acres, with the meadow belonging to it according to
Town Grant, & then & there upon y® aforesaid Land. & on the day
above mentioned We See Thomas Brigham, John Brigham & Samuel
Brigham mark severall Trees w"^ was the bounds of said Land &
cut out the marks upon the Trees which marked w*^^ T. D. & set
theire own names on them Set up a New Corner Stake, Cut off a
Tree & Carried it off the said Land, and a Twigg or young growth
they cut and carried off, and there they did declare that they did
it as Challenging all the said ffarme, as theire own proper right,
being part of their portions left by their ffather Brigham Dece'd,
with all the rights priviledges and appurtenances belonging to the
same.
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 51
" In Witness hereof as a Testimony to all that above written
We Thomas Phille brown and Andrew Wilson set unto our hands
this 27^'' Day of Septemb^ 1695
" Cambridge Septemb^ 27'^ 1695.
" Thomas ffillebrowne
" Andrew X Wilson his mark.
" Charlestown Septemb^ 28. 1695
" Received fFor Record and Entered By
" Sam" Phipps Records"
Mid. Prob., vol. vii. pp. 7, 8 and 9 (at the back of the book).
Samuel Hastings was the son of John Hastings.
Suit was brought against Samuel Hastings (see Note 5).
Eight years passed, and in 1703 the heirs united in a deed for
this property to the Danforth estate (see Note 6).
^ Thomas Brigham married probably in 1637 his wife Mercy,
but of this date there is no record. We know she must have been
a woman of unusual strength, force and determination. The Rev.
Abner Morse says, on the authority of tradition, that her maiden
name was Mercy Hurd, that she was 10 or 15 years younger
than her husband, and that, persecuted in England for noncon-
formity, she came to New England with her sister, who married
William (?) Cutter. Tradition should be taken as a clue to the
truth rather than truth itself, for investigation where practicable
is likely to find the basis of truth small in tradition a century old.
The Cutter Genealogy states that when William Cutter returned to
England, probably he was a bachelor.
She married for her second husband, 1 March, 1655, Edmund^
Rice, then of Sudbury, but who removed in 1660 to Marlboro, where
he died 3 May, 1663. He was born 1594, and came from Bark-
hamstead, Hertfordshire, England; settled in Sudbury in 1638-9;
resided on east side of Sudbury River in the southerly part of what
is now Wayland, near the great meadows. . . . He was select-
man in 1644, and deacon of the church in 1648. His first wife
was Tamazine, who came with him from England; also eight
children. His residence in Marlboro was in the westerly part of
the town, on an old county road leading from Marlboro to North-
boro, and in the bend, as it passes around the northerly side of
Williams Pond, a short distance north of the ancient Williams
Tavern. He was intrusted by the General Court (1640 and 1643)
- with various duties. He was buried in Sudbury and his estate
settled by his widow.
52 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
On her second marriage she took with her to Sudbury and Marl-
boro all her children (History of Cambridge, p. 501).
Children of Edmund Bice and Mercy (Hurd) (Brighcmi) Rice:
i Ruth, b in Sudbury, Mass., 29 Sept., 1659; died 30 March, 1742,
ae. 83; married 20 June, 1683, Samuel, son of Capt. Samuel and
grandson of Gov. Thomas Welles of Conn. (Gov. Welles settled
at Hartford, 1636; Capt. Samuel settled at Weathersfield ; Samuel
resided at Glastonbury, Conn.) ; her husband was b. 13 April,
1660; d. 28 Aug., 1731. On the first day of June, 1684, a deed
was made by Samuel and Ruth (Rice) Welles to Eleazer Howe
of Marlboro, of her land inherited from her father, 12J acres,
bounded by Samuel Brigham. She made her " mark." Their first
child, who d. in infancy, was named " Mercy."
ii Ann, b. in Marlboro, 19 Nov., 1661; probably married Nathaniel
Gary (Gerry) of Roxbury, Mass., 12 Nov., 1685; he was b. 4
July, 1663, son of Nathaniel Gery and Ann Dugglas, who were
married in Roxbury, 14 Oct., 1658.
A petition for a division of Edmund Rice's estate was signed
16 (4) 1663 by his widow Mercy with eight elder and two younger
children. His inventory made a total of £556 Os. 7d (Mid. Files).
His inventory made a total of £556 Os. 7d (Mid. Files).
Mercy married, 1664, as her third husband, William Hunt, then
of Marlboro, but formerly an early settler in Concord. He was
made Freeman 2 June, 1641, and was a large land holder. His
first wife Elizabeth, the mother of his children (Nehemiah, Samuel,
Elizabeth and Isaac), died 27 Dec, l66l. His will probated 17
Dec, 1667, made the following provision for his widow:
" I doe give and bequeath to Mercy Hunt my well beloved Wife
all my cart and plow Irons here at Marlboro, one spade, also one
bedstead and Cord, one pair of Curtains & Valionts, one Chest,
one cupboard, two Cushion stools, two Joyn-stools, three Cushions,
two frying pans, one peuter flaggon, one peuter bowle, one peior
of Tongs, three small peuter plates, one winnowing sheete, one
forke, one little keeller, two hand pigine pails, one booke, one
fine sheet" (Hunt Family Gen.).
She died in Marlboro, 23 Dec, l693, after a third widowhood
of 26 years. During this period she saw two bloody Indian wars.
The 26th of March 1676, the Marlboro people were assembled in
their meeting house for worship when the alarm was sounded and
they barely reached the garrison house in time to find safety from
the attacking Indians, who burned houses and barns and destroyed
orchards and cattle. The people shortly retreated to the towns
to the eastward, where they remained for some months until peace
was assured.
Here Ljes BxB-ied
TKe Body of C&f.
SAMUEL BMGHAM,
Deceaied Julj the si^tjis
in il« 5$ year of his fge
m^-^:
OF Samuel- Brigham, Marlboro Cemetery
.■g0m-
" Mercy Kurd's Cap Box
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT
53
The Jeffrey Papers preserve tax lists for New England towns
the year of Andros' rule (I688). The "Invoice" for Marlboro
contains the following:
Widow Hunt for person and estat
Thomas Brigham for persons and estate
John Brigham
Samuel Brigham "
WiUiam Ward
John Faye
The sum total of the whole is
The whol Number of the Males
is one hundred & five- Heads
00
: 05
: 06
: 0
00
: 12
: 01
: 0
00
: 12
: 01
: 0
00
: 04
: 10
: 4
00
: 05
: 07
: 0
00
: 04
: 04
: 0
19
: 03
: 03
: 4
105
(Endorsed)
Marlboro Rate
£19 3 3
Wm. Ward )
John Fay ) Constables
5 Sept. 1688
{Hist. Gen. Beg., 1882, 191.)
It will be noted that the constables are the husbands of the
widow Hunt's two elder daughters.
The little oak chest, of which a picture is given, presents the
visible link that spans the years from Mercy Brigham to her chil-
dren of so many generations later who read these pages. Mr.
Thomas Brigham Rice of Barre,* who now owns it, and who received
it from his mother, Mrs. Nancy (Brigham) Rice, daughter of
Henry Brigham, as a child knew it, then in his grandmother's
possession, as " Mercie Hunt's cap box," but he had no conception
who Mercy Hunt was until he learned in the Brigham Genealogy
at its publication in 1859 that she and Mrs. Thomas^ Brigham were
one and the same person.
The box measures inside in length 22^ inches, in height Q\
inches, in width 7f inches, and is of English oak one inch thick.
The larger part of the furniture which was brought over in the
Puritan migration is distinctly Jacobean in style, that is, dating
from the first half of the seventeenth century, very different
from the carving on Mercy Brigham's box. Nor is the latter of
the preceding Tudor style, which prevailed in the l6th century.
The picture of the box was submitted to an accomplished architect
of Boston, one of English birth and training, especially versed in
English Gothic art. He pronounces the box to be work in the
* Thomas Brigham Rice^ b. 1817, Nancy Brigham Rice", Henry Brigham',
Uriah*, SamueP, SamueP, Thomas\
54 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Gothic style of the 15th century, or even, probably, as old as the
14th century.
Children of Thomas^ and Mercie Brigham:
2 i MaryS b. probably in Cambridge about 1638.
3 ii Thomas, b. probably in Cambridge about 1640.
4 iii John, b. in Cambridge, 9 March 1644-5.
5 iv Hannah, b. in Cambridge, 9 March, 1649-50.
6 V Samuel, b. in Cambridge, 12 Jan., 1652.
NOTE 1.— DEED TO THOMAS FOX BY THE OVERSEERS OF
THE ESTATE OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM, DECEASED, 1656-7
To All People to whome this prsent writing shall come greeting Whereas
Thomas Brigham late of Camb in the County of Middlesex in New Eng-
land deceased was in his lifetime seazed of an estate of inherytance in
fee simple of and in of land lying wt^in the limits of Water-
towne in the forenamed County and is by estimation about twenty acres
more or less being bounded with the common cuntry highway and widdow
Daniell on the North Wm Dixson on the North West Mr. SamU Salton-
stall on the South West Charles river South and Thomas Marrit on the
east also whereas the sd Thomas Brigham by his last will and testament
bareing date the 7th of the tenth month Ann. domini 1653 (read and
proved at a county court held in the same place October the eight Anno
Domini 1654 as may more fully appear in the records of that county
in the first book of wils and inventories page forty) nominated and
appointed his loveing wife Mercy Brigham sole executrix of that his last
will and testament And his loving friends Thomas Danforth Jno Cooper
Jno Hastings Thomas Fox and William Towne overseers thereof and fur-
ther ordered in that his last will and testament that in case of the
marriage of his relict widdow that then his overseers of that his last will
according to their best discretion should dispose of his Children and their
portions for their education and bringing up. Also whereas the Lord
hath in his wise providence so disposed that the s<i Mercy Brigham the
relict widdow of the s<i Thomas Brigham is now married to Edmund
Rice of Sudbury Senr. who hath received the full portion or legacy due
to the s<3 Mercy his wife, and hath a cleare release of the Remainder of
the Estate to be disposed of by the above said overseers for the Benefitt
and behoof e of the children of the sd Thomas & Mercy: as may more
fully appear by an Instrument signed by the s^ Edmund and Mercy his
wife, bearing date Anno Dom Also whereas the above s<3 overseers pre-
ferring a Petition to the Generall Court of that Colony held at Boston
Anno: Dom. 1656 — obtained Liberty and full power to make sale as well
of the above s^ parcell of Land, as of other the state of Inheritance
whereof the sd Thomas Brigham died seized, as may more fully appear
by the Records of that Court. Now know ye that the above named Thomas
Danforth John Cooper, John Hastings and William Towne (for and
in Consideration of fowety pounds sterl. secured to be paid to them
or their assignes for the use and behoofe of the children of the s^ Thomas
Brigham by the above named Thomas Fox with due dammages Annually
for the forbearance thereof untill the s<J fourty pounds be demanded and
fully paid by the s^ Thomas Fox, as may more fully appeare by his bil
given for security thereof baring the same date wth these presents Have
given granted bargained and sold asiened infeeffed and confirmed and
by these presents do fully clearly and absolutely give grant bargaine and
sell assien infeeffe and confirm unto the s^ Thomas Fox his heirs and
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 55
assignes for ever the above named prcell of land be the same twenty acres
more or less according to the bounds and limmits above named with all
and singular the priviledges and appurtenances thereof to the same ap-
purtaineing or in any wise belonging To Have And to Hold the sd
bargained premises and every part and parcell thereof to him the sd
Thomas Fox his heirs & assigns forever to his and their only proper use
and behoofe In Witness whereof the above named Thomas Danforth
Jno Cooper Jno Hastings and William Towne have hereunto put their
hands and seals the twenty and first day of the first month in the Year
of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty and four
Thomas Danforth and scale
Jno Cooper and seal
Jno Hastings and seal
William Towne his mark & seal
signed sealed
and delivered
in the p^sents of
Edward Goffe
David Fish
This deed was acknowledged freely and legally by Thomas Danforth
Jno Cooper John Hastings William Towne the 9 of March 1656/7 before me
Daniel Gookin
Entered 6. 1. 8J
By Tho: Danforth R {Mid. Deeds, vii. 447.)
NOTE 2.— DEED TO JOHN HASTINGS BY THE OVERSEERS
OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM,
DECEASED, 1656-7
. . . Whereas Thomas Brigham late of Cambridge in the County
of Middlesex in New England dece'd. was in his life time seized of an
estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in one messuage or tenement
scittuate lying and being within the limmits of sd Towne, conteyning the
late mansion house of the sd Thomas Brigham with the Edifices, Barn,
Cow houses and about three acres and a halfe of land to the same
adjoyning, being bounded on the South East by Abraham Errington, on
the South west Simon Crosby alias now Thomas Longhorne, the Highway
North and West a jjart whereof is a garden and orchards. Also within
the Neck of land in the great marsh commonly so called about seven
acres and a halfe of marsh more or less and is bounded with Oyster bank
Bay east, Thomas Danforth west, Richard Jackson north, Thomas Fox
south. Also the woodlott appertaining to the sa house, lying a part thereof
in the ox pasture commonly so called and another part or addition there
unto belonging beyond Mills ware, commonly so called as may appeare
in the Towne Book, with all other Town rights and priviledges, in Common
to the sd House apperteyning Also whereas the sd Thomas Brigham by
his last Will and Testament bearing date the seventh of the tenth month
Anno Domini 1653: read at a County Court held in the same place,
octob. 6. 1654: as may more fully appeare by the Records of that County
in the first Book of Wills and Inventories pag. 407 . . . [here follows
as in deed to Thomas Fox] . . . Now know yee that the above named
Thomas Danforth John Cooper Thomas Fox and William Towne for and
in consideration of Sixty pounds sterl. Secured to be paid to them and
their Assigns for the use and behoofe of the children of the s<i Thomas
Brigham by the above named John Hastings as more fully appears by
56 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
his bill given for security thereof having the same date with the
prsents . • . and confirmed unto the said John Hastings • . •
In Witness whereof . . . the twenty fifth of the first month called
March in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred fifty
and four.
Thomas Danforth & seal
John Cooper & seal
Thomas Fox his mark & scale
Signed sealed & delivered William Towne his mark & scale
in the prsence of
Edward GoflFe
David Fiske
This deed of sale was fully and legally acknowledged by Thomas Dan-
forth, John Cooper, Thomas Fox and William Towne to be their Act
and Deed the 9th Imo 1656/7
Before me
Daniel Gookin Magistrate
Recorded 24. 12. 1685
by Tho: Danforth R. (Mid. Deeds, x. 656.)
Confirmation of acts of Overseers by the General Court:
At a Genii Court held at Boston: 28: January 1684 In answer to the
petition of the overseers of the Children and estate of Thomas Brigham
for confirmation of the Sale of certain houses and lands left by him
to his wife and children The Court on perusall of the wiU of the sd
Brigham thinks meet to grant petition Provided that the overseers do
give security to the County Court to the use of ye children for the
principal! and EflFects as is exprest in ye petition It appearing to this
Court that the above order was passed by the Genii Court in the year
1656 and altho the engrossing thereof was omitted by the Secretary yet
do find it was entered in the Register of the Courts Acts of the Deputies
This Court the Secretary to enter s<i order in this Courts Records.
As attest Edward Rawson Secret.
Recorded 24. 12. 1685
by Tho: Danforth R. (Mid. Deeds, x. 654.)
NOTE 3.— SALE BY HEIRS OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM, 1681
Grantors: Thomas Brigham and Samuel Brigham of Marlbury . . ,
£24. (Consideration.)
Grantee: George Lawrence of Watertown.
In Cambridge, part of Rocky meadows . . .
5 acres:
Bounded:
Southerly, Watertown line.
Westerly, Cambridge Common.
Easterly, John Gemery.
Northerly, George Lawrence.
2nd May 1681.
Signed, Thomas Brigham & ( scale)
Jno Brigham & (Scale)
Samuel Brigham & (Scale)
Jn presence of
Nicholas flFessendin
Wm. Ward Jr. (Mid. Beg., iv. 159.)
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 57
SALE BY HEIRS OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM
Grantors: Thomas Brigham, Samuel Brigham, John Brigham of Marlbury,
Yeomen.
£24. (Consideration.)
Enoch Sawtle of Watertown: Grantee.
In Cambridge, parcel of meadow land.
Part of Rockie meadow.
5 acres.
Bounded:
N. ^ E. Philip Jones. S. ^ W. George Lawrence.
2nd May 1681.
In presence of,
Nicholas ffessinden
Wm. Ward Jr. (Mid. Beg., viil. 55.)
NOTE 4.— SALE BY HEIRS OF THOMAS^ BRIGHAM, 1681
We Thomas Brigham, John Brigham, Samuel Brigham & William Ward,
all of Marlbury in the County of Middlesex, Husbandmen, for & in
consideration of fifteen pounds of currant money of New England, by us
already received of Nicholas Fessenden of Cambridge in the same county,
Glover . . . sold . . . unto said Nicholas Fessenden a platt of
meadow & swamp lying in Cambridge bounds, conteyning about ten
acres, as it is stated in the town book, be it more or less bounded, the
above Nicholas Fessenden Southerly, Monotoma River westerly, the great
swamp easterly, formerly in the possession of Edward Senr . . .
In witness whereof we the abovesd Thomas Brigham, Jno Brigham,
Samuell Brigham, & William Ward and or wives Mary & Sarah Brigham
with Hannah Ward in acknowledgement of our free consent to this act
6 deed of our husbands & ye utter relinquishing of or Dower right in
the above granted ... ye 27tii day of ye lOt^i m the year of o' Lord
God . . . 1681.
(scale) Thomas Brigham.
John Brigham (seale)
Samuel Brigham
(seale)
William Ward (seale)
(Mid. Beg., viii. 134.)
NOTE 5.— SUIT AGAINST SAMUEL HASTINGS
William the third by ye grace of God of England Scotland France
& Ireland King Defender of the flfaith &c To ye Sheriff of our s^ County
under Sheriff or Deputy Greeting We Command you to attach ye goods
or Estate of Samuel Hastings Senr of Cambridge in s^ County Gunsmith
to ye value of three hundred pounds & for warrant there of to take ye
body of him Samuel Hastings if he may be found in yor precinct, and
him safely keep. So that you have him before our Justices at our next
Inferior Court of Common Pleas to be holden for s^ County at Charles-
town on ye Second Tuesday of Decembr next, Then & there to answer to
Thomas Brigham John Brigham, Samuel Brigham & Hannah Ward &
58 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
John Fay & Samii Fay children of Mary Faye all of Marlburrough in
ye County of Middx being the Children & heires of theire ffather Thomas
Brigham late of sd Cambridge Yeoman dece'd In an action upon the Case
For that ye said Samuell Hastings hath entered into & with holdeth
from ye pits the possession of a homestall Containing three acres &
a halfe more or less as bounded in the Town Records of Cambridge with
all ye buildings and Ediffices thereupon and being and appurtenances
& Town Rights thereunto belonging and Also of a certain parcell of
Saltmarsh Containing Seven acres & a halfe as it stands
Recorded in the Records in Cambridge Town Book wth ye pryiledges
& appurtenances thereof & being at a place in s<i Cambridge called Long
Marsh or Great Creek The said Homestall & appurtenances & seven
acres & a halfe of marsh being Scittuate in said Cambridge As also
a Certain parcell of Land Scittuate & being in Watertowne in said County
Containing Twenty Acres or thereabouts called by the name of Water-
towne flfeild, Keys flfeild & Wilcoxs Lott, all in one Intire parcell and
bounded Northerly partly by a highway, partly by land in the Possession
of Goodman Withe and Goodman Hicks Southerly by Land that was
Samii Saltonstalls, Easterly by Land in the possession of John Marritt
wth the priviledges & appurtenances thereof, all wch homestall of three
acres and halfe and the Seven acres and halfe of Salt Marsh, and Twenty
acres of Land more or less Sued for, formerly belonged to ye aforesaid
Thomas Brigham Dece'd the ffather of ye pits & by him to them be-
queathed in his Last Will & Testament as part of theire portions, &
therefore of right belongs to ye pits. The with holding the possession
whereof from ye pits, is to theire Dammage one hundred and Twenty
pounds, as shall then & there appear with Dammages, and have you there
this writt.
Witness John Phillips Esq. at Charlestowne
Septembr 28th: 1695 In ye Seventh year of our Reign
Samll: Phipps Cler
Decembr 7th : 95 Rece'd to be recorded with)
ye Return on ye Contrary side)
& Entered
By Samll Phipps Recordr
Middx Ss Septemb ye 28th: 1695:
I have attended ye Body of SamU Hastings within mentioned, & taken
bond of him to the value of three hundred pounds . . .
By me Jno Waite
Under Sheriff for ye County aforesaid-
Know all men by these prsents that We Samuel Hastings Sen' of
Cambridge Gunsmith as principall & Reuben Luxford of sd Cambridge
as Surety doth bind our Selves our heires Jointly & Severally unto John
Waite of Charlestown under sheriff for the County aforesaid in the
summ of three hundred pounds, on Condition that the within mentioned
Samuel Hastings Shall prsonally appear before his Majestie's Justices at
theire next Inferior Court of Common Please to be holden for sd County
at Charlestown on ye Second Tuesday in December next then & there to
answer to Thomas Brigham, John Brigham, Samuel Brigham & Hannah
Ward & John Fay & Sam" Fay Children of Mary Fay all of Marlburrough
in sd County of Middx being the Children & heirs of their Father Thomas
Brigham late of said Cambridge in sd County Yeoman Dece'd in an action
upon the Case according to the Tenour of the within written Writt &
that I or he said Samuel Hastings shall abide ye order of ye Court, &
THOMAS, THE EMIGRANT 59
not Depart without Licence, as Witness our hands this 28th Day of
Septembr. 1695
Samuel Hastings
Ruben Luxford
{Mid. Prob., vol. vii. pp. 16, 17, 18; hack of book.)
NOTE 6.— ABSTRACT OF DEED FOR THE T2-ACRE FARM,
A. D. 1703
Grantors: Thomas Brigham and Samuel Brigham of Marlburrough
and John Brigham of Sudbury.
. . . especially flfor and in consideration of the Sum of Sixteen
Pounds pd to ye Children of Thomas Brigham late of Cambridge Dece'd
by Thomas Danforth Esq. and Thomas Fox called Overseers of y«
Estate of s^ Thomas Brigham Dece'd: and Thirty pounds in money to
us in hand at and before the Sealing and Delivery of these presents of
Francis Foxcroft of Cambridge Esq. one of the Executors of the last
will and Testament of ye Honbie Thomas Danforth aforesaid weU and
truly paid the receipt whereof Wee the said Thomas Brigham, Samii
Brigham and John Brigham Do hereby . . . grant . . . the said
Francis Foxcroft Esq. Samuel Sparhawk and Daniel Champney Joint
Executrs of the last will and testament of the Hon. Thomas Dan-
forth ... all right the said Thomas Brigham Samuel Brigham and
John Brigham may . . . have in ... that tract or prcell of land
comonly called or known by ye name of Brighams farme: Scituate, lying
and being on ye Rocks neer Oburn Line within the Township of Cam-
bridge . . . containing by Estimation Seventy Two acres be the same
more or less and is butted and bounded as it should be recorded in Cam-
bridge Towne Booke of Records ... In witness whereof . . . have
set their hands and seals the Twenty Sixth Day of February Anno Doml:
one thousand Seven hundred and three . . .
Thomas Brigham & seale
John Brigham & seale
Samuel Brigham & seale
• • • • •
Ack before John Leverett J: Pais —
Feb. 26 1703. {Mid. Deeds, xiii. 527.)
SECOND GENERATION
SECOND GENERATION
2 MARY^, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham;
born probably in Cambridge, Mass., about 1638; died in Water-
town, in 1676; married John Fay, the emigrant, who settled in
Marlboro, Mass., and died 5 May, 1690, ae. 50.
Mary was the first Brigham born in America, and as such de-
serves especial mention. Paige, in his History of Cambridge (pp.
501-2), a most thorough and painstaking work, chronicles that
" Mary went to Sudbury and Marlboro with her mother, brothers
and sister, when her father died, where she married John Fay
of Marlboro." And he cites evidence, as already indicated by
a legal document (Mid. Prob. Recs., vii. 9), wherein, joining with
other complainants, John Fay and Samuel Fay, children of Mary
Fay of Marlboro, and heirs of Thomas Brigham, late of Cambridge,
began suit September 28, 1695, to recover certain lands in the
possession of Samuel Hastings, who possessed also the Puritan
Brigham homestead. John Fay Sr.'s wife was Mary, and there
was no other Fay in Marlboro at that time of suitable age to be
the father of said John, Jr., and Samuel Fay, parties to said suit.
Paige was undoubtedly correct, and we must include in our genealogy
of the Brighams the children of John and Samuel Fay, sons of
Mary (Brigham) Fay. Both of them had large families, among
them being sons who became the heads of numerous branches (see
Fay Family). There was also a daughter, Mary Fay, who married
Jonathan^ Brigham, her cousin, and a son of Thomas^ Brigham;
they had 10 children, thus starting several male lines of Brighams.
Hudson, in his Hist, of Marlboro, does not conflict with Paige's
position; and he adds that John Fay retired (with most other
Marlboroites), during King Philip's War, to Watertown, where he
buried his wife Mary and a young son David, just coming five years.
John Fay, the husband of Mary Brigham, came to America when
he was eight years of age. No mention is made of his parents. He
is found in Marlboro as early as 1669- He married (2) Susanna,
daughter of William Shattuck of Watertown and widow of Joseph
Morse. As will be seen, she married for her third husband, Thomas-
Brigham.
Children (Fay), born in Marlboro:
i John', b. 30 Nov., 1669; d. in Westboro, 5 Jan., 1747; m. (1)
Elizabeth, dau. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington,
b. 29 Dec, 1673; d. 8 March, 1729; m. (2) Levinah*, dau. of
63
64 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Elnathan^ Brigham; res. Westboro. Ch. (by first wife) :
1 Bathshebah*, b. 1 Jan., 1693; m. John Pratt of Westboro.
2 Eunice, b. 2 June, 1696; m. Isaac Pratt of Westboro.
3 Mary, b. 29 Sept., 1698; d. 20 Nov., 1704.
4 John, h. 5 Dec, 1700; m. 17 April, 1721, Hannah Child.
5 Lydia, b. 24 Nov., 1702.
6 Dinah, b. 5 Sept., 1705; m. David Goodnow, in 1722.
7 James, b. 27 Dec, 1707; m. 1727, Lydia Child of Watertown.
8 Mehitabel, b. 18 June, 1710; m. Fletcher.
9 Benjamin, b. 15 Aug., 1712; m. (1) Martha Mills; (2) Eliza-
beth Stow.
10 Stephen, b. 5 May, 1715; m. Ruth Child,
ii David, b. 15 Oct., 1671; d. 28 Sept., 1676.
iii Samuel, b. 11 Oct., 1673; d. in Westboro, 10 Nov., 1732; m. 16
May, 1699, Tabitha, dau. of Increase and Record Ward, b. 16 May,
1675. He res. in Westboro. Ch.:
1 Rebecca*, b. 19 Feb., 1700; m. William Nurse of Shrewsbury,
Mass.; had 9 ch.
2 Tabitha, b. 14 Aug., 1702; m. William Maury of Brookfield.
3 Samuel, bap. 6 May, 1705; m. (1) Deliverance Shattuck of
Watertown; m. (2) Elizabeth (Hastings) Cutler; had 24 ch.,
14 by first wife and 10 by second wife.
4 Jeduthun, b. 7 June, 1707; m. 1739, Sarah Shattuck of Water-
town.
5 Abigail, b. 19 Jan., 1709; m, Thomas Converse of Killingly,
Conn.
6 Ebenezer, b. 12 April, 1713; m. (1) Abigail ; m. (2)
Thankful Hyde; m. (3) Mary Mason; had 18 ch.
7 Mary, b. 28 March, 1720; d. unm. prior to 1746.
iv Mary, b. 10 Feb., 1675; m. Jonathan' Brigham, 8.
3 THOMAS", son of Thomas^ and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham;
born probably in Cambridge, Mass., about 1640; died in Marl-
boro, Mass., 25 Nov., 1716; married (1), 27 Dec, 1665, Mary,
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice, (daughter of John
and Elizabeth Moore of Sudbury), and granddaughter of Edmund
Rice, the emigrant, and his wife, Tamazine; married (2), 30 July,
1695, Susanna, daughter of William Shattuck of Watertown and
widow (1) of Joseph Morse and (2) of John Fay, whose first wife
was Mary, the sister of Thomas. It will be noted that every
descendant of Thomas- is also a descendant of Edmund Rice, who
is an ancestor of many colonial families in eastern Massachusetts.
He had a large number of children, some of whom were of mature
age at the time of the emigration.
Thomas went to Sudbury and Marlboro with his mother when
she married Edmund Rice. On attaining his majority he bought
of his stepfather, for ,£30, a town right in Marlboro of " 24 acres,
with the frame of a dwelling house thereon, with all the privileges
of the town commons and further additions of allotments to be made
thereto." August 28, 1665, having completed payment for the same.
SECOND GENERATION 65
he received a deed from the Executors of Edmund Rice.* This
land, situated near Williams Pond in the southwest part of the town,
was the beginning of his large farm, which included many acres
stretching away toward Chauncey Pond in Westboro. Thomas
Brigham also was one of the purchasers of the old plantation
" Ockoocangansett," which had been reserved for the Indians out
of the ancient boundaries of Marlboro, and which many contended
they forfeited by their perfidy during Philip's War. Certain leading
men of Marlboro, including the Brighams of the day, obtained,
without the consent of the General Court, title to this plantation
of 5800 acres and formed a company. The amount paid never
can be known, because of the subsequent disappearance of the deed,
but the sum doubtless was nominal.
Miss Martha L. Ames, a descendant of Thomas^, residing on
the old Joseph Brigham place in Marlboro, owns a very early
Brigham deed, dated "May 10, 1706," being a conveyance of
1 3f acres of meadow land, as explained by a map, going to Thomas^
Brigham, out of " Cow common " land, and certified to by his
brother " Dr. John," who had been chosen " surveyor and clerk "
by the proprietors. On the old Thomas Brigham homestead, on
the south side of present Forest Street, beyond the confluence of
Glen Street, something like a score of rods from the highway
and at the foot of Crane Hill, is a slightly raised rectangular plot,
about 30 X 75 feet, from whose center springs a mature apple
tree. Here rest the last of the Marlboro Indians, whose earlier
generations listened to the great Indian Apostle Eliot. Their
last chief expired in his wigwam, near Williams Pond, and was
buried at this place on the Brigham farm, where thirty other in-
dividual graves could be made out by the last generation of Marl-
boro citizens. This spot has always been sacredly preserved by
the owners of the Brigham farm. The successive owners of the
"old home place" since the Rices are as follows:
* The parchment deed of this purchase is owned by Charles F. Brigham, of
Allston, Mass., who relates that when a boy he boasted at school that he had a deed
on parchment at home, and being dared to produce it, he tore a small piece oflf one
corner of it and carried it to school to vindicate his statement. The interview aftei-
ward with his father was not pleasant. This deed runs from Benjamin Rice to
Thomas Brigham, and upon it Mercy Rice made her " Mark " in place of a signature.
Thomas and John Brigham (with others) oppose petition of some fellow-citizens
that the Gen. Court appoint a Committee to inquire into and settle certain municipal
difficulties. The Committee was, however, appointed, and its adjustment recorded
in the " New Town Book." A later Committee seems to have supported this adjust-
ment (Hudson's Marlboro, p. 46).
Thos. and Sam'l Brigham supported the Rev. Emerson in the controversy of
1701 (Ibid., p. 102.)
Thos. Brigham's "Garrison" about 1710 in Queen Anne's War, near Warren
Brigham place (Ibid., p. 109).
Thos. Brigham and 22 others of Marlboro in 1702 petitioned the Gen. Court
that Chauncey (Western Marlboro) might be enlarged westward. Resulted in 1717
in setting off of Westboro. David, son of Thos., already settled there (Ibid., p. 113).
Thos. and Jno. Brigham in Marlboro before 1665; two of the first 44 proprietors
(Ibid., p. 247).
66 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
(1) Thomas- Brigham; (2) Gershom^ Brigham; (3) Benjamin*
Brigham; (4) Warren^ Brigham; (5) Benjamin Thomas^ Brig-
ham, son of Barnabas; (6) Elisha Bond, who bought it of Benj.
T. Brigham; (7) Bradford Latham, son-in-law to Bond; (8)
George F. Nichols, who bought it in 1893 from Latham; Mr.
Nichols' wife is Abbie A.^, daughter of Addington MJ Brigham of
Marlboro. The last male Brigham owner of the place is said to
have strikingly resembled his paternal ancestry, having " thick,
wavy black hair, black eyes and red cheeks ; a fine looking man."
The Thomas^ Brigham homestead has long been known as the
" Warren Brigham place," from its fourth owner, who died at
the age of 87, more than half a century ago. Up to his time there
had been no Warren Brighams. This fact inspired some research,
which resulted in discovering that Gershom^ Brigham, the second
owner, had married Mehetabel Warren, daughter of Joseph Warren
of Medfield.
Like the sites of the homes of so many of the first settlers, that
of Thomas- Brigham's house seems almost to have been chosen for
the landscape effect. The brook which gives the outlet to Wil-
liams Pond flows through the home lot. A few rods above the
brook stood the house. From it the higher hills appear to en-
compass the valley of the brook, except where they break to the
northwest and a narrow opening discloses the peak of Mt. Wachu-
sett looming up twenty miles away. The first dwelling, a log hut
built by Thomas-, was burned during his absence by flax catching
fire. In 1706 he built a frame house, which was left for an " ell "
by his son Gershom, who built a two-story house about 1724. The
old house was used as a garrison in Queen Anne's War. This
" ell " was finally taken down in 1791, by Warren Brigham. Mrs.
Lucy B. Brown of Marlboro was the last occupant of the Gershom
Brigham house, from which she moved in 1859; the house was
uninhabited for some time and was finally razed. The Gershom
Brigham house "was clapboarded but never painted outside; only
two rooms were finished; the sitting-room and the principal bed-
room were plastered and painted." About 1825 the present house
was built on the opposite side of the road from the old house,
by Barnabas" Brigham. The old well, from which many Brig-
ham pilgrims drink, still exists.
Thomas- unquestionably was one of the principal citizens of the
town and must have held offices of responsibility, but an important
volume of the town records was lost many years ago, hence there
is no connected record of town officers or of town proceedings
from 1665 to 1739. The church records are also fragmentary
or nonexistent for the early period. His lands, however, were
SECOND GENERATION 67
extensive, lying in what now are four townships.* They divided
into comfortable farms for his descendants and made many of
them well-to-do. He executed his will 21 April, 1716, and died
25 Nov. of the same year in his chair, which is now in the possesf-
sion of Miss Martha L. Ames. His will, which was approved 2
Jan., 1717, is as follows:
WILL OF THOMAS- BRIGHAM
In the Name of God Amen : This Twenty first Day of April Anno
Domini one Thousand seven hundred and sixteen & in the second
year of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Georg of Great Brittian
&c King I Thomas Brigham of the town of Marlborough in
the County of middlesex in the Province of the massachusetts
Bay in New-England yeoman being vere weak of Body but of
perfect mind & memory Praised be God for it Knowing that it
apoynded for men once to Dy Do make and ordain this my Last
wiU & Testament first I bequeth my soul into the hands of Almighty
God my maker hoping that through the merratorious Death of
Jesus Christ my only Savour to know the free pardon of all my
sins: And my Body to be Buried in Christian Like Decent &
Cortly maner at the Discrestion of my hereafter Named Executors:
And as for such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless
me with hear in this world I Give and Dispose of the same in the
maner and forms following Item I will and Give to my Son
Elnathan Brigham and to his heirs Three acres of land in Etton
farm next adjoining to the seven acres I have given him by Deed
Lying side by sid with it And also Twelve acres of Land in s*^
farm some where towards the uper End of the s*^ farm. Item I
will and Give unto my two sons Nathan Brigham and Jonathan
Brigham and to theirs all that part of my Etton farme that lies
on the easterly side of Assabeth River except what I have Given
to my son Elnathan Brigham. Item I will and Give unto my
Two sons Nathan Brigham & Jonathan Brigham and to their heirs
Twenty two acres of the thirty acres that is laid out to me in
Etton farme to have it on the Southerly end of the s^ Thirty acres
And also the pece of Land that Joyns to it on the westerly side.
Item I will and Give unto my two sons David Brigham and Ger-
shom Brigham and to their heirs eight acres of the thirty acres
* Thomas and John Brigham (inter alias) in 1671 asked for grant of General
Court 40 or 50 miles south or southwest of Marlboro. Refused as outside jurisdic-
tion of Province of Mass. Bay (DeForest's Hist, of Westboro, p. 19).
In 1672 grant to Thomas B. (and Sam. Goodenow) in easterly Northboro of
to-day (Ibid).
Thos., Jno., Sam'l and Nathan Brigham (inter alias) in 1702 petitioned for west-
erly extension of Marlboro (refused). Called " Kerly pet'n " from first signer, p. 33.
68 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
that is Laid out to me in Etton farme to have it on the northerly
end of the s^ Thirty acres And also all the Rest of my Etton
farme that lies on the westerly side of Assabeth River I Give to
the s^ David Brigham & Gershom Brigham & to their heirs Except
what is Given to others of my Children: Item I give unto my
son David Brigham & to his heirs all my meadow in Hokamok
meadow and Brook meadow. Item my will is that all my Books
be Equally Divided amongst all my Children. Item I will and
Give unto my Daughter mary Houghton the wife of Jonas Hough-
ton junr of Lancaster the feather bed I ly upon with all the
furnituer to it also I Give unto my Daughter mary Houghton
above s^ one Cow and my Great Brass Kittle that is at my son
Jonathans and all my movable Goods with in Dors viz Brass Iron
pewter with all my utensils in the house Except my part in the
Barrels And Except Likewise some particular things that I have
or shall Dispose of to som particular persns. Item I Give unto
my Daughter mary Houghton above mentioned & to her heirs
Thirty six pounds in money to be paid by my sons as followeth:
Twenty pounds to be paid to her or her heirs by my son Gershom
Brigham within three years after my Deceas at three several pay-
ments viz six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence a year. And
ten pounds to be paid her or her heirs by my son David Brigham
within two years after my Decease And fourty shillings to be paid to
her by my son Nathan Brigham And fourty shillings to be paid
to her by my son Jonathan Brigham And fourty shillings to be paid
to her by my son Elnathan Brigham these three last to be paid to her
or to her heirs within one year after my Deceas: Item: I will
and Give unto my two sons David Brigham and Elnathan Brigham
my Lot of Cedar Swamp that is in Chancy swamp : Item I will
and Give unto my son Gershom Brigham all my utensils for
Husbandtre And one halfe my Lot of Sedar swamp in Cran Swamp
And also my part in the barrels Item I will and Give unto my
Daughter mary Brigham the wife of Jonathan Brigham the Twenty
shillings which Jolm Emes oweth me Item my will is that all
my Cattle and horses be Equaly Divided amongst all my Children
except what I shall Dispose of in my Life time Item I Give unto
my son Jonathan Brigham my bigest Brass Kittle here in the
house: Item I do hereby Constitute ordain and apoynt my Three
sons Nathan Brigham^ Jonathan Brigham & Gershom Brigham
to be my executors of this my Last will and Testament Revoking
& Disalowing of all other wills & Testaments what soever, Rattefy-
ing and Confirming this to be my Last will and Testament in
wittness whereof I the s^ Thomas Brigham have hereunto put my
Hand &nd fixed my seal the Day and year above written Item,
my will further is that if there be any part of my estate ether
Real or personal be Left undisposed & which at present I have
SECOND GENERATION 69
not thought of that it be Equaly Divided amongst all my Children
These lines were writen before signing and sealing there is three
words bloted out in the thirteenth Line & there is three words
bloted out in the twentieth Line & three words Likewise bloted out
in the twenty third line which was done before signing & sealing
Thomas Brigham (Seal)
Signed sealed and Delivered
in presence of witnesses
Gershom How
Ephraim How
Jno Banister
Eleasar How
(On the reverse is written the following.)
The Lines may sertifie whom it may Concern that where as in
the within writan will I Thomas Brigham have Given unto my
two sons Nathan Brigham Jonathan Brigham Twenty two acres
of a pece of Land in Etton farme w^*' I Did then Call thirty
acres And it apears that there is in the s*^ peace Thirty three acres
& one quarter of an acre w^^ three acres and one quarter not men-
tioned in the within wretten will I Give to my to sons Nathan
Brigham & Jonathan Brigham to be Equaly Divided between them
and Likewise what I have Given to my two sons Nathan Brigham
and Jonathan Brigham in the within wreten will in Land it is to
be Equally Divided between them And also what Land I have
Given to my two sons David Brigham & Gershom Brigham is
Likewise to be Equaly Divided between them And where I have
made Assabeth River the Dividing Line between any of my sons
my meaning is the main Body of the s^ River in witness where of
I the s'^ Thomas Brigham have here unto put my hand and seal
this May 19th 1716
There is four words bloted out in the second line & six bloted
out the sixth Line and all the seventh Line & one word in the eigth
line which was Sow before signing & sealing
Thomas Brigham (Seal)
Signed sealed & Delivered
in presence of witnesses
Eleazar How
Gershom How
Jno Banister
Midelsx Eleazer How and Gershom How apeared before me
and mad oath that they saw this instrument sined and sealed and
at the same time saw John Banister sine as a witness the above said
Thomas Brigham being in perfect memory at that time
January 1: 1717/18
Tho How Justice of peace
Cambridge Jan 2, 1717 (Mid. Prob. Rec, 1733.)
70 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children, by first wife, born in Marlboro:
i Thomas^ b. 24 Feb., 1666-7, and no further reported; probably
died before his father.
7 ii Nathan, b. 17 June, 1671.
iii David, b. 11 Aug., 1673; died young.
8 iv Jonathan, b. 22 Feb., 1675.
9 '-V David, b. 12 April, 1678.-^
10 vi Gershom, b. 23 Feb., 1680.
11 vii EInathan, b. 7 March, 1683.
viii Mary, b. 26 Oct., 1687; m. Capt. Jonas Houghton of Lancaster,
Mass., 30 July, 1710; he d. 15 Aug., 1739, ae. 56.* Ch. (Houghton),
b. in Lancaster:
1 Silas*, b. 26 Oct., 1713.
2 Betty, b. 20 March, 1715-16.
3 Mary, b. 8 March, 1720-21.
4 Prudence, h. 21 Oct., 1723.
5 Persis, b. 31 July, 1726.
6 Jonas, b. 21 April, 1728.
7 John, b. 13 Feb., 1731-2.
4 JOHN", son of Thomas^ and Mercy (Hurd) Brigliam;
born in Cambridge, Mass., 9 March, 1644-45; died in Sudbury,
Mass., l6 Sept., 1728; f married (1) Sarah | , who died
between 1691 and 1698; she was the mother of his children;
married (2) Deborah , who died 7 Feb., 1716-17; married
(3), 22 May, 1717, Sarah Bowker, who survived him.
John, known as " Dr." Brigham, founder of the " lost tribe "
of our family, undoubtedly was the most brilliant of the children
of Thomas^. Drake (History of Middlesex County, vol. ii. p. 141
et seq.) describes him as " one of the most popular and remarkable
men of his day, having considerable capacity for public affairs,
unusual ability as a surveyor and some ambition as a land specu-
lator." Lewis (History of Worcester County, vol. ii. p. 1332)
refers to him as " John Brigham, the doctor, surveyor, Commis-
sioner of the General Court, land speculator and the most enter-
prising man in town." It is the very exuberance of his activity,
his ubiquitous absorption here and there, into this and that prob-
lem of the place and hour, that make the fragmentary gleanings
of him so fascinating yet unsatisfactory. Drake states that " he
was returned as representative from Marlboro in 1688 and from
Sudbury in 1706." The first date we cannot verify, as the records
are lacking, but we learn from the State Archives (Recs. Gen. Crt.
of Mass., vol. vi. pp. 16, 220) that John Brigham represented
Marlboro in 1689 and 1692; and he was returned from Sudbury
for the term of "May 30, 1705— Apr. 12, 1706." (Acts and Re-
solves of the Province of Mass. Bay, vol. viii. p. 115). He also
was a Marlboro delegate to the convention called against the
" Tyrant Andros."
* See Lancaster Records. * Sudbury Records.
% Hist, of Westboro says he m. a dau. of Josiah Haynes.
SECOND GENERATION 71
He began business for himself by erecting a sawmill, with rude
flutter wheel, the first turned on Assabet River, it may be, near
the site of one existing in Morse's day owned by Hayes and
Bush in Northboro on Howard's Brook; he having received, in 1672,
a grant of land on Licor Meadow Plain. Hudson says (p. 231):
" It is difficult to tell when or where the first mill was erected.
It is probable, however, that the first was a sawmill and was
erected in that part of the town now included in Northboro, by
John Brigham. It was near the center of the present town of
Northboro, on a stream which constitutes one of the principal
tributaries of the Assabet River. This mill was erected before
Philip's War." Whitney's History of Worcester (1793) points
out that " a little north of the meeting-house runs a small but last-
ing stream from the hills in the westerly part of the town, on
which is a sawmill which performs considerable work in spring
and fall." Rev. Joseph Allen says he was the first white settler
of Northboro.
He surveyed the Marlboro Indian Plantation of about 6000
acres in 1672; was granted the extensive "Coram farm"* for
his services as surveyor; surveyed and mapped out Sudbury Town-
ship in 1708.
John Brigham appears to have been the leader in the attempt of
some of the principal citizens of Marlboro to possess themselves
of the Indian Plantation, Ockoocangansett, which, they alleged,
had been forfeited by the Indians through their participation in
King Philip's War. The General Court, in 1684, refused the
prayer of the petitioners for permission to purchase the Plantation
of the Indians ; whereupon, says Hudson, it appears that the
principal inhabitants of Marlboro, headed by John Brigham, re-
solved to possess the Indian lands. To cut the knot which they
could not untie, on the 15th of July, 1684, they obtained, without
the consent of the General Court, a deed of the Plantation from
the Indians. This deed the General Court promptly declared null
and void; notwithstanding which, the purchasers proceeded at
once to take possession of the Plantation and to lay out and divide
the lands.
"The 29th of October, 1686: At a meeting of the proprietors
of Ockoocangansett Plantation, it was ordered that every proprie-
tor should have laid out to him in some of the best of the land
lying as conveniently as may be to the town of Marlboro, thirty
* " The 'Coram Farm' was granted John Brigham in 1672, as compensation for
services as surveyor. The principal part of ' Coram Farm ' lay on the northern
side of the old Marlboro line, now (1826) farms of Nahum, Asa and Lewis Fay,
John Green and Stephen Williams The Indians burnt John's house a few days
after his removal " (Top. and Hist. Sketches, etc., Rev. Jos. Allen; Pamphlet, 1826;
p. 25, note).
72 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
acres for a first division of upland, and Mr. John Brigham is
agreed, withall, to lay out the abovesaid lands, and to have five
shillings a day, the one half in money, the other half in corn, rye
at four shilling per bushel, and Indian at three shillings per
bushel, and to have his diet all the while he is about the work.
Also at the same meeting it was agreed that John Maynard Sen.,
and Richard Barnes, should join with John Brigham, to order
the laying out of the land, and order highways according to their
best discretion, and they to have two shillings a day for their
pains, in corn at country prices. Also, at the same meeting, it
was agreed that when the lots were laid out, every proprietor should
draw his lot."
At a meeting of the proprietors, in December of the same year,
continues Hudson, it was voted that Major Hincksman and others
" should have the thousand acres of land which was surveyed
by John Brigham, and. signified by the plats under his hand,
should be recorded in the Company's Book of Records, so that
it make a final settlement of all differences about the said land,
as to any further claimes." Among the fifty-two proprietors were
included John, Samuel and Thomas, sons of Thomas^ Brigham,
Mercy Hunt, their mother, and John Fay and William Ward,
who had married their sisters. Dr. John appears to have received,
besides his share, other lots for his services. " Sept. 24, 1691, he,
for Xl6, conveyed to Daniel Rice his 30 acre right in the Indian
Plantation . . ." In 1693 the proprietors agreed that their
grants of land " shall stand good to all intents and purposes, if
they be attested by John Brigham their Clerk." In March, 1708,
says Morse, they chose Dr. Brigham on a committee " to act
about their title." The General Court, still keeping faith with
the Indians, steadfastly refused to confirm the purchase, but in
1719 finally ended all controversy by annexing the territory to
Marlboro. Hudson does not excuse this mild fraud upon the
Indians, but, he says, " The people of Marlboro have at least this
apology: they acted in accordance with the spirit of the age."
Morse concisely gives details of his later life as follows: " Dr.
Brigham . . . Nov. 9, 1697, he then of Sudbury, for £70
received of Joseph Freeman of Preston, Conn., a deed of 130 acres
in Sudbury, bounded on the south by the Lancaster Road and on
the E. by the five miles of land first granted to Sudbury. This
tract is presumed to be the farm now owned and occupied by
Captain William Rice. Oct. 7, 1698, he sold for <£10, to Nathaniel
Oke, 12 acres E. of his sawmill in what is now Northboro."
Dr. Brigham lived in Marlboro near and northwest from the
SECOND GENERATION 73
present French church. He evidently drew many lots of the town's
commons. His old homestead in Northboro was situated on what
is now Berlin Street, just on the edge of Northboro Center village,
across Howard's Brook, where the site of his mill is still used
for that purpose. A good part of the dam is of native rock, attest-
ing John's shrewd selection of an advantageous spot. This farm
has long been known as the " Priest Whitney Place," from the oc-
cupancy of the Rev. Peter Whitney, an honored historian of
Worcester Co., who, having been ordained in 1767 and dying
in 1816; built a fine mansion house in 1780, still standing in half-
neglected picturesqueness. In 1839 Silas Haynes came into pos-
session; succeeded in 1852 by Mr. S. McClure, with whom, in
September, 1894, the writer had an interview. North of the
residence at the orchard end, opposite some fence bars, two rods
distant, is a level piece of meadow plowed over many times by
Mr. McClure, who remembers well the spot where the plow touches
" the white sand," which was filled into the ceUar of the original
John Brigham house. This spot is about 18x20 feet. In the
rear it slopes down quickly to lower marshy ground, where was a
spring, probably first used by John, four or five rods east, but
now filled, although recognized in an identation of the rounded
slope.
In 1684 John was one of the grantees from the Indians of land
from which was formed the " Plantation of Sudbury," * whither
he removed from Northboro, and he long lived on the old Sudbury
and Marlboro Road near Sudbury town line. The old homestead
building (where Abijah Brigham once lived) stood about ten rods
west of the present Lucius Brigham house, and was a large old-
fashioned red building with long sloping roof.f He served six
years as selectman in Sudbury and was placed on important
committees. J
It is worthy of note that the given names of his seven children
recall those of his family dear to his heart: Sarah, his wife;
Mercy, his mother; Mary and Hannah, his sisters; Thomas, his
father, Thomas his eldest brother, Samuel his other brother,
and lastly himself. Singularly enough, he had just enough chil-
dren in all and just enough of each sex to go around the beloved
circle.
Judge Forbes of Worcester stated in a letter to the writer that
* Vide Hudson's Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard, pp. 4, 5.
t See History of Westboro (Deforest & Page), for description of " Brigham
Farm " and account of John Brigham's grant, pp. 459 and 19.
J Same, p. 31. "Town Rate in 1680 for John Brigham et al. to kill rattle-
snakes " (q. v.).
Same, p. 42. " Petition of John Brigham & 30 others in 1716, Nov. 23, for
lots west of Marlboro for a town; it was first movement towards incorporation of
Shrewsbury."
74 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
he did not think any one knew the grave of John Brigham. The
late James S. Draper of Wayland (E. Sudbury) stated that as
far as he was aware, no gravestones of Brighams existed in that
town. With reference to the present condition of the old burying-
grounds in Worcester Co., see Jewett's History, also Hudson's His-
tory of Sudbury.
WILL OF JOHN^ BRIGHAM
In The Name of God Amen. The Fourteenth Day of Septem-
ber Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and twenty-eight
and in ye Second Year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
the Second by ye Grace of god of Great Brittan France & Ireland
King Defender of ye faith I John Brigham Sen'", of Sudbury in
ye County of Middlesex In his Majesties Province of y^ Massa-
chusetts Bay in New England Yeoman: Being very aged but of
perfect mind & memory Thanks be Given to God: therefore Calling
unto mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is ap-
pointed for all men once to Die Do make and ordain this my
last will and testament that is to Say principally and first of all:
I give and Recommend my soul into y^ hands of god that gave it
me and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be Buried in De-
cent Christian Burial att ye Discrestion of my Executor hereafter
named Nothing Doubting but at ye General Resurrection I shall
Receive the same again by the mighty Power of god, and as touch-
ing such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless
me in this Life, I Give Demise & Dispose of ye same in ye follow-
ing manner & forme. Imprimis My Will Is That my Executor
First of all Should Pay all my just Debts and Funerall Charges
out of my Personal Estate.
Item: My Will is that my well beloved wife Sarah Brigham
Enjoy one Third Part of all my Houseings, Orchards, Lands &
meadows whatsoever Dureing natural Life & One Third part of
my moveable Estate Forever, viz: After my Just Debts
& Funeral Charges Being paid as above Said.
Item: My Will Further Is That my Son John Brigham his
heirs and assigns Shall have my homestead That is all my Lands
Orchards & Meadows Which I Bought of Robbart man In Said
Sudbury with all my Other Lands and Meadows adjoining or
Belonging thereunto with all ye Buildings that Thereon is Allso
I give & Bequeath unto him his heirs and assigns my Gulfe Meadow
in Said Sudbury Allso Five acres of Land Laid out to ye Right
of Mr. Robbart Fordom in Said Sudbury joyning to and bounded
Easterly by land in ye Possession of Peter Plimpton All which is
\.
SECOND GENERATIOI^ 75
Upon Condition that my said son John Brigham shall within Two
Months Next after my Decease Give or Tender to Give Sufficent
Security for ye payment of Two Hundred & Forty Pounds unto my
Four Daughters as namely Sarah Mary Hannah & Mercy: that is to
Each of them ye sum of Sixty Pounds apiece to be paid to Them
Their Heirs or assigns In Four Payments ye First Payment not
to be made until one year after my Decease and then Sixty Pounds
a year untill One Year after my Decease and Then Sixty Pounds
a year untill ye Two Hundred & Fourty Pound be Payd: Further-
more my will is that all my lands In Sudbury Marlborough and
Westborough not Desposed of as above Said Shall be Equally
Divided to & Amongst my Children Namely John Brigham Junr
Sarah Goodenow^ Mary Fay Hannah Ward & IMercy Perry to
them Their Heirs and Assigns forever: Furthermore it is my will
and order That my Four Daughters Above mentioned their Heirs
or assigns shall take ye above said John Brighams part in ye above
mentioned outlands In part of pay to them or their Heirs of ye
Legacy of Two Hundred & Fourty Pounds above mentioned:
By a Just Apprizement In Case They Do Not agree Other ways
uppon his offering & Secureing of it to them & their Heirs forever
& The Rest to be payed in Cattle or Bills of Credit or money as
it passes from man to man. Furthermore it is my will that all
my Rights in Common in Sudbury;- Marlborough; & Westborough
Shall be Equally Divided amongst all my Children. Further-
more my will is That all my Personal or Moveable Estate not
Disposed of As Above Said Shall Be Equally Divided amongst
all my Children namely John Brigham Thomas Brigham Sarah
Goodenow, Mary Fay Hannah Ward & Mercy Perry. And Fur-
thermore as a Reason why I have not Given to my son Thomas
Brigham no more in this my Last will & Testament is because I
have Given him by Deed of Gift in Land and Housings & Other
ways about Four Hundred pounds. Further the Reason why I
have given To my Son Thomas Brigham so much in Time Past by
Deed of Gift and Other ways was Partly in Consideration of his
Living so much Longer with me Then The Rest of my Children:
Furthermore it is my will that my Executor Pay ye Sum of five
pounds apeice out of my above mentioned outlands To Japhet
and Lydia Perry when they come of age in Money or Bills of
credit: Memorandum I Give to my Wife Sarah Brigham as a
Token of my Love to her ye Curtains that Shee made her selfe &
ye Lesser of ye Two Brass Kettles Free & Clear to come into no
apprizement with ye Rest of ye Estate. Furthermore it Is My
Will That all ye Deeds of Gifts Given To Any of my Children
I Ratify & Confirm to be to them & their Heirs forever and
76 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
that if any of ye above mentioned Children Molest Each Other
by Vertue of my Lands Given Them by Deeds of gift ShaU by
These Presents forever be Bared and Excluded from haveing any
Right Title or Interest of or unto any of my Estate both Real &
personal above named. And furthermore my will is That my
Children Shall give Deeds of Quit Claim Each to Other if it
Be Requested or Demanded by them before ye Division of my
Estate amongst my said Children Above named in this my Last
will & Testament. Furthermore I constitute make & ordain my
well beloved son John Brigham my Sole Executor to this my Last
will and Testament In Witness whereof I: ye Said John Brigham
Sen^ have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day and Year above
mentioned.
John Brigham Sen""
+ (Seal)
Signed Sealed Published his mark
pronounced & Declared by
ye Said John Brigham
as his last will and testament
in presence of us ye subscribers
John Eveleth
Daniel Haynes
Jotham Brown
Uriah Moore
Furthermore it is my will & order that if ye above named Mary
Fay does proceed in marring against my will with one Tounsend
School master late of Westbury that I do alow her but five shillings
out of my Estate & her legacy above mentioned but it is my will
and order that ye legacy made to her shall Return to ye Children
to be divided amongst them and not to be paid untill two years after
my decease and to be at ye disposal of my Executor and Gershom
Fay. This was writ before signing & sealing.
(The inventory of his personal estate amounted to £186, lis. Qd.)
Children (by first wife), the two youngest born in Sudbury; the others
born in Marlboro:
i John^ b. 19 Aug., 1667; d. 2 Dec, 1667.
12 ii Sarah, b. 27 March, 1674.
13 iii Mary, b. 6 May, 1678.
14 iv John, b. Nov., 1680.
V Hannah, b. 27 March, 1683; m. 2 Feb., 1708-9, Oliver, son of
Increase Ward; b. Marlboro, 1686; res. Marlboro. Ch. (Ward):
1 Dinah*, b. 26 Dec, 1709.
2 Experience, b. 25 Sept., 1711; m. 26 April, 1733, Jesse Smith
of Lexington, Mass.
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3 Thankful, b. 9 May, 1713.
4 Deborah, b. 15 Jan., 1714-15.
5 Hannah, b. 15 Jan., 1714-15.
6 Sarah, b. 15 Jan., 1714-15.
4, 5 and 6, triplets, d. in infancy.
15 vi Thomas, b. 6 May, 1687.
vii Mercy, m. 23 March, 1715, Ebenezer Perry from Dedham to Sud-
bury. They res. in Sudbury; he d. intestate about 1732-3, and she
m. (2) Samuel Streeter of Framinghara, Mass. Ch. (Perry), b.
Sudbury :
1 Obadiah\ b. 19 Nov., 1716.
2 Sarah, b. 24 Aug., 1718.
3 Ebenezer, b. 28 Feb., 1721; not mentioned in settlement of liis
father's estate, 1732-1738.
4 Mary, b. 7 Jan., 1723.
5 Esther, b. 24 June, 1724.
6 Mercy, b. 2 Sept., 1727.
7 Elizabeth, b. 11 Oct., 1728.
viii Samuel, m. 23 Aug., 1716, Abigail Monroe (or Moore); res. Sud-
bury, but had no children recorded.
5 HANNAH-, daughter of Thomas^ and Mercy (Hurd) Brig-
ham; born in Cambridge, Mass., 9 March, 1649-50; died in
Marlboro, Mass., Dec., 1719; married (1) Gershom Eames * of
Marlboro, who went to Watertown, Mass., on the breaking out
of King Philip's War, where he died 25 Nov., 1676; married (2)
William, son of William Ward (who was in Sudbury as early
as 1639, and owned land there); born in Sudbury, 22 Jan., 1640;
died in Marlboro, 25 Nov., 1697.
The historians have had a good deal of trouble over Hannah with
respect to her marriage, Morse having married her to Samuel
Wells of Glastonbury, Conn., and Hudson (p. 357) concurring
with the historian of Shrewsbury that Gershom Eames married
Hannah Johnson, daughter of Solomon and Hannah Johnson.
The Sudbury records show the birth of a Hannah, daughter of
Solomon Johnson (who was Solomon, Jr.), but she would have
been only 14 years old when Gershom Eames married Hannah
Brigham. Paige corrects these errors (pp. 501-2), and we can
support him with overwhelming evidence. Paige first quotes two
Massachusetts public records; one wherein her name is given as
Hannah Ward and another where William Ward, her husband,
joins with Thomas^, John^, and SamueP Brigham, in 1681, in
conveying to Nicholas Fessenden certain of the Thomas^^ Brigham
land in Cambridge. Paige continues:
" I do not find any Hannah Ward in that town who could repre-
sent herself as a daughter of Thomas Brigham, except the wife
of William Ward, who united with the Brighams in the sale of
* The name in the early records is spelled with an E, but most of the families
have dropped the E and spell it Ames (Hudson's History of Marlboro, p. 358).
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the Cambridge land. This Hannah had been the wife of Gershom
Eames; and is suiDposed by her descendant, Andrew H. Ward, in
his History of Shrervshury (p. 457) to have been a daughter of
Samuel Johnson of Sudbury. But I think it more probable that
Thomas Brigham was her father, and that John Brigham, who
witnessed the execution of her will, Oct. 30, 1714, was her brother."
Hannah Eames had two children: Hannah (named for herself)
and a posthumous daughter, Mary. She lived in Marlboro both
before and after her marriage to Mr. Ward, although she probably
accompanied her first husband to Watertown at the time of King
Philip's War. In her will, executed 30 "Oct., 1714, she makes
pathetic reference to the boy Elisha, who was killed or stolen
by the Indians. After the usual introductory formula, she devises
as follows :
WILL OF HANNAH BRIGHAM-EAMES-WARD
FIRST: I will that all those debts and duties as I do owe in
Right or conscience to any person or persons whatsoever shall
well and truly be paid in convenient time after my decease by my
Executor hereafter named.
Item: I give to my well beloved son Gershom Ward whom I
likewise constitute make and ordain my onely and sole executor
of this my last will and testament and all my lands and other
Estate which I shall dye seazed by him freely to be possessed, he
fulfilling those things hereafter specified: First I will that he the
aforesaid Gershom doe take the sole care of my daughter Hannah
Eames and provid for her both in sickness and in health with the
help of what Estate she hath and what of right belongs to her
during her Natural Life. And further it is my plesuer that the
Bed and Bedding which she uses and a white cow and all the
puter that I shall leve that is marked with Eames leters with all
her other things be called hers : it is my will also that his heirs
or administrators stand obliged to the performance hereof and
her funeral to be at his charge.
Item: I will that there be paid unto my four other children
by my Executor above named to wit: to William and Nahum Ward
and to Mary Keyes and Bethiah Brigham twenty shillings apiece
within one year after my Decease and if Elisha shall ever come
again that my executor pay him twenty shillings also and if any
of my children should dy before the time of payment then to their
heirs also. I apoint my well beloved kinsmen Samuel Goodenow
and Joseph Straten to be the over seer of this my will. Ratifying
and confirming this to be my last will and testament in witness
SECOND GENERATION 79
hereof I have set my hand and seal the Day and yeare above
written.
her
Signed Sealed Published Hannah H Ward (Seal)
pronounced and Declared mark
by the said Hannah Ward
as her last will and testament
in the presents of us the
subscribers viz :
John Brigham (original signature.)
Joshua Rice
Joseph Straten
Will filed Dec. 1719.
Record of Probate 27 June 1720
Inventory 2 Feb. 1721.
The inventory of her personal estate showed £85 15s. Qd. Her
real estate was valued at £l60, and consisted of 11 acres of pasture
in Marlboro, 54 acres " wast " land and 5 acres of swamp and
meadow in Marlboro.
Children (Eames or Ames), born probably in Marlboro:
i Hannah^ b. 3 Feb., 1675.
ii Mary (posthumous), b. 1677; d. 1772, ae. 95 yrs. and 1 mo.; m.
11 March, 1696, John, son of Elias and Sarah (Blanford) Keyes of
Marlboro; moved to Shrewsbury about 1723; built a new house
and part of the family slept in the new one and part in the old
one, just before the building was completed. In Aug., 1723, both
houses were burned and two of his sons sleeping in the new
house perished. He was a Major and d. 1768, in his 94th year.
Ch. (Keyes):
Gershom*, h. 1 March, 1698; m. about 1718, Sarah ;
moved to Boston and became wealthy; 5 ch.
2 Mary, b. 24 Oct., 1700; m. 1720, Daniel Rand.
8 Solomon, b. 30 Aug., 1703; m. Sarah . 2 ch.
4 Hannah, b. 9 July, 1706; m. 1725, Gershom Flagg.
5 Thankful, b. 24 May, 1709; m. 1728, Jonas Keyes.
6 John, b. 30 April, 1712; burned to death, Aug., 1723.
7 Sarah, b. 5 March, 1715; m. 21 Dec, 1721, Joshua Wilder.
8 Stephen, b. 2 April, 1718; also burned to death, Aug., 1723.
Children (Ward) born in Marlboro {as per Hudson's History of Marl-
boro) :
iii William, b. 27 March, 1680; m. Jane Cleveland, and res. in the
part of Marlboro which is now Southboro. He rose to the rank
of colonel and was a J. P. Ch:
1 Hezekiah; 2 Elisha; 3 William; 4 Charles; et al.
Iv Bethiah, m. Elnathan^ Brigham, 11.
v (Col.) Nahum, b. 18 Dec, 1684; m. 16 July, 1714, Martha, dau.
of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth (Kerley) Howe; b. 30 July, 1687;
80 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
followed the sea in early life, and then moved to Shrewsburj,
where he was a Colonel, J. P., Rep. and Judge. Their sixth child
was (Gen.) Artemas*, b. 1727; grad. Harvard Coll., 1748, was
Major in the French War; at the opening of the Revolution
was appointed General and Commander-in-chief of all the forces
raised by the Colony; he had command of the troops besieging
Boston until the appointment of Washington as Commander-in-
chief. He then commanded the right wing of the besieging army
until the capitulation, after which he had command of the de-
partment of the East. He served several terms in Congress, was
president of the governor's council, and until his death judge of
the Court of Common Pleas for Worcester County.
vi Elisha, b. 12 Jan., 1686; was killed or taken captive by the Indians
in Worcester, 1709, while riding post from Marlboro to Hadley.
vii Bathshebah, b. 16 May, 1689; d. 6 Oct., 1693.
viii Gershom, b. 3 Jan., 1693; rep. Marlboro, 1738; d. unm., 1739.
6 CAPT. SAMUEL^ son of Thomas^ and Mercy (Hurd)
Brigham; born in Cambridge, Mass., 12 Jan., 1652; died in Marl-
boro, Mass., intestate, 24 July, 1713, ae. 6l ; married Elizabeth,
daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Ward) Howe (who was a set-
tler in Marlboro by 1660, and probably came from Roxbury, Mass.) ;
born in Marlboro, 5 April, 1665; died there, 26 July, 1739, se. 74.
Samuel, at the time of his mother's marriage to Edmund Rice,
was 3 years old, and went with her to Sudbury and Marlboro. The
glimpses we have of his early manhood are meagre. We first
note that he had a " 25 acre grant in the first laying out of
Worcester, in 1673; it lying in the Eastern Squadron next to the
County Road to Boston." He was a lieutenant of Capt. Thomas
Howe and was rewarded by government for military services in
Queen Anne's War. A garrison was established at his house in
this war. Feb. 25, 1694, he sold 2 lots of meadow in Marlboro
to Thomas Beman. In 1707 he drew a lot of 21 acres and a lot
of 103 acres south of Tobacco Meadow, bounded by the path to
his Stony Brook Meadow, where, in his right, his heirs drew other
lots. April 23, 1708, he purchased of Obadiah Ward, Jr., a 10|-
acre right in the lands of Marlboro; and in that year he became
bound for Joseph Parre to Francis Holmes of Boston in the
penal sum of £100. In the years 1699 and 1703, it has been stated,
he was town treasurer, although Hudson says that the town records
for that period are missing. He was selectman in 1707 and 1710,
and representative to the General Court in 1697-99 and in 1705.
According to Hudson, he resided three-fourths of a mile east of
the East Village, near the old tanyard of the late Capt. Daniel
Brigham. ^
To Samuel Brigham is due the honor of founding in old M'arl-
boro the tanning and shoe trades. Many of Samuel's descendants
are in the shoe business in Marlboro, in one capacity or dnother.
SECOND GENERATION 81
as are also. the descendants of Thomas". The first tannery in the
town was erected by SamueP about 1700, near his dwelling house
on present East Main Street, one-quarter of a mile east of the old
Village Academy. This tannery, which is said to have been the
first west of Charlestown, descended in regular succession (Jede-
diah^ Winslow*, DanieP) to Capt. DanieP, who retired from active
business in the early 1850's, when the tannery ceased to be used.
In 1859 Capt. Daniel's son Dennison owned the site. For many
years the tannery was being taken down piecemeal, and it was
wholly demolished by 1876. The place is now owned by Francis
C. Curtis, who married a Brigham, and through the kindness of
Timothy Brigham Patch, we were permitted to see the outlines of
the tanyard as it looked some fifty or a hundred years ago when
the plant was at its highest development. An eye witness in 1894
might have seen a rectangular field by the roadside (Main Street),
of about an acre in extent, enclosed by stone walls, wherein towered
a magnificent old elm; hard by an ancient well spring, covered by
one of the stones formerly used for grinding bark (the other stones
serving as a backdoor step at the house of Mr. Curtis, a few rods
distant). To the north of the spring were remains of the old
Samuel " ffats," of small size, whose chestnut timbers are well
preserved. Near by used to stand a curry shop, bark shed, bark
mill, and a second curry shop which served sometimes for a
dwelling. This last has been converted into a house known as
" Glen Cottage." The main part of the old Jedediah^ house is
about 20 X 40 feet, falling ofi" to a leanto on the side, which was
built in 1718 or thereabouts. It has been removed to No. 36 School
Street. An ell had been removed to an adjoining lot a short time
before we saw the house. ^
Samuel Brigham lies buried in the Old Cemetery in the rear of
the Academy in Marlboro, the only one of the second generation
of Brighams whose grave is marked. The headstone is rather
ornate. Undoubtedly Thomas^ and his mother also lie in this ceme-
tery, but the places are unknown. SamueP died intestate. The
widow and eldest son, Samuel®, were appointed administrators
of the estate, and John^ Brigham appears on their bond. She was
made guardian of the younger children. The inventory made soon
after his death amounted to £1263 8s. At this time the land was
estimated at £800. On 12 March, 1719-20 a Commission, ap-
pointed by the Judge of Probate, rendered their statement. These
gentlemen were, John Maynard, a son-in-law, Caleb Rice, Nathan
Brigham and William and Nahum Ward, the last three being
nephews of the deceased Capt. Brigham. They valued the estate
at £2191, 4s. They set oif to the widow in right of dower half
the dwelling house and about 237 acres of land. The whole
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82 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
valued at =£730 8s. Samuel, the eldest son, received the other
half of the dwelling house and 136 acres of land besides " Rock
Island, the Cedar Swamp and the Rights," the whole consisting
of " Land, Improvements and Buildings," valued at ,£603 19s.
He was to pay Jotham, his brother, ,£132 l6s. ; the same to Lydia,
the third daughter; to Hepsibah, .£36 4s., and to Persis, the
fourth daughter, £36 lis. Jedediah, the second son, received
258 acres of land, valued at .£230, he paying to Hepsibah .£37, 3s,
and to Persis, ,£60 Is. Timothy, the fourth son, received 65
acres of land and some meadow and other lots valued at £173 17s.,
he paying to Hepsibah, .£41 Is. Charles, the fifth son, had 87f
acres of the first division of the land and some meadow and swamp
valued at £142 6s. 8d., he to pay Hepsibah, £9 10s. 8d. Antipas
received 104 acres, and certain Rights, he paying Hepsibah, £8
I7s. 4d. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, received a little more than
59 acres of land valued at £l69, she to pay Persis, £36 4s. As
will be seen by the foregoing, Samuel" was a large landowner
and it is evident that he was a character of great weight in the
community.
Children, born in Marlboro:
1 Elizabeth', b. 24 March, 1685; m. 16 Oct., 1711, Samuel Robinson,
ii Hepsibah, b. 25 Jan., 1686; m. 1719, John, son of John, Jr., and
Lydia (Ward) Maynard.
16 iii Samuel, b. 25 Jan., 1689.
17 iv Lydia, b. 6 March, 1691.
18 V Jedediah, b. 8 June, 1693.
19 vi Jotham, b. 23 Dec, 1695.
20 vii Timothy, b. 10 Oct., 1698.
21 viii Charles, b. 30 Dec, 1700.
ix Persis, b. 10 July, 1703; m. 22 Nov., 1721, Edward Baker, Jr., b.
Lynn, Mass., 16 July, 1696, a first settler of Westboro, Mass.;
had 10 children, of whom we have a record of one. Ch. (Baker) :
1 Somiuel*, b. Westboro, 27 Aug., 1722; he moved to Berlin, Mass.,
where he had a family; was Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, 1775-1795; Councillor and Senator; built a stone house
in Berlin, which is still standing; the most prominent man in
the town history; was at the battle of Lexington. A cut of
his house is in the Hist, of Berlin, p. 269.
X Antipas, b. 16 Oct., 1706; d. Grafton, Mass., 23 April, 1746. Less
distinguished than his brothers; left a house and a farm of
260 acres in Grafton. Lieut. Nathan Brigham of Southboro was
one of the appraisers of his estate, on which his brother Samuel
of Marlboro administered, 7 June, 1747.
THIRD GENERATION
THIRD GENERATION
7 CAPT. NATHAN^ son of Thomas" and Mary (Rice)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 17 June, 1671; died there
16 Feb., 1746-7; married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac
and Frances (Woods) Howe (not, probably, the daughter of Abra-
ham and Hannah [Ward] Howe, as stated in Marlboro History) jjjxj^^'
of Marlboro; born 17 Jan., 1673; found dead, kneeling by a y\
chair in her home, 29 March, 1733; married (2) Mehitable (Gould) ^^
widow of Jonas Eaton of Charlestown, Mass. (See Wyman's
Charlestown Genealogies and Estates, pp. 130, 317).
Morse states that he settled on a part of the Thomas- homestead,
his house being a garrison house in Queen Anne's War. He was
a weaver. He inherited the town-right of his father and drew
shares of the public land in this right. He held town oflSces and
was 7 years a selectman and for the last time in 1738; was rep-
representative in 1726 and '30. April 5, 1733, he made his will, giv-
ing his son Thomas 100 acres where he then resided, a house, 6
acres of meadow in Marlboro and 70 acres in Sutton; also a 16
acre town-right, originally John Rediet Jr.'s. His wife, Me-
hitable, received <£20 for a mourning suit, and Ephraim, who had
the homestead, was to support her and pay her funeral expenses.
March 26, 1746-7, the heirs signed an agreement dividing his
estate.
Children, born in Marlboro:
32 1 Nathan*, b. 28 Nov., 1693.
23 ii Thomas, b. 22 Feb., 1695.
iii Tabitha, b. 20 Aug., 1698; d. unm. 6 Feb., 1730-1.
24 iv Elizabeth, b. 4 Jan., 1699-1700.
25 v Sarah, b. 14 Dec, 1701.
26 vi Zipporah, b. 14 Sept., 1704.
27 vii Hannah, b. 9 March, 1706,
28 viii Ephraim, b. 20 Jan., 1707-8.
8 JONATHAN^, "ENSIGN," son of Thomas' and Mary
(Rice) Brigham; born 22 Feb., 1675, in Marlboro, Mass.; died
there, 4 Jan., 1768, ae. 93; married 26 March, 1696, his cousin,
Mary, daughter of John and Mary Fay (2); born in 1675; died
9 Nov., 1781.
He settled on a part of the Thomas^ homestead in Marlboro,
where he was tythingman, 1704; constable, 1714; moderator, 1715,
and selectman in 1719, '22 and '32. He was commonly called
the " Indian Warrior." One day while chopping in the woods he
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86 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
saw a savage preparing to take aim at him; he seized his own
musket, stepped forward in full view, exclaiming as he did so,
" Shoot straight, you dog." Both fired at the same moment, when
the Indian dropped his gun, and giving a tremendous whoop,
bounded high into the air and fell dead. His bullet passed close
to the ear of Jonathan, who escaped unhurt.
Children, born in Marlboro:
29 i KeziahS b. 1697.
30 11 Zerviah, b. 9 Oct., 1698.
Ill Marj, b. 27 Oct., 1701; and no further reported.
31 Iv Ruth, b. 30 April, 1704.
V Thankful, b. 4 Feb., 1705-6; d. 23 Sept., 1706.
32 vl Jonathan, b. 14 March, 1707.
vli Thankful, b. 21 April, 1709; d. at Southboro, 9 March, 1796; unm.
33 viil Jesse, b. 10 July, 1710.
34 ix Joel, b. 2 Oct., 1714.
35 X James, b. 2 Oct., 1717.
9 DAVID^, son of Thomas^ and Mary (Rice) Brigham; born
in Marlboro, Mass., 12 April, 1678; died in Westboro, Mass.,
26 June, 1750; married (1) Deborah , who died 11
Oct., 1708; married (2) 21 Aug., 1709, widow Mary (Leonard)
Newton, who died 1 Dec, 1741 (see Rice Family); married (3)
, who survived him.
Morse says that he was surveyor in Marlboro, 1711, but on the
division of the town in 1717, was thrown into Westboro, where he
held town offices, 7 years as sealer of leather, and 6 years as
selectman. As one of the privileged class, he was, by the vote of the
town, allowed a pew in the meetinghouse. He settled on a wild
tract of about 500 acres, including the present Hospital Grounds
and several adjacent farms in Westboro and Northboro, and
built his house about 60 rods east of the present Insane
Asylum. His house was burnt,* during his old age, with much
of its contents. June 14, 1748, he made his wiU, ratifying
deeds of farms and land which he had previously given to his
children, and giving his wife room in his house and the use of
all in-door movables which, after her decease, were to be equally
divided among his children and his son-in-law, Edward Newton;
but such as Jonas had supplied since the burning of the house
were, on the strength of his word, to be first surrendered to him.
To Jonas, who had already given security to provide for his step-
• " Oct. i6, 1737 N.B. The Congregation disturbed P.M. by ye burn-
ing of Mr. David Brigham's House, but when the people gathered in again, and were
composed, I went on with ye rest of my sermon. A very sorrowful Providence! a
g^eat Loss! but I trust ym and all of us to profit by it, yt our hearts may be taken
off from temporal transitory Enjoyments."
"18 Oct., 1737 Proceeded to Mr. Brigham's to see their Desolations.
A Sorrowful Sight! I desire heartily to sympathise."
"19 Oct., 1737. Mr. Brigham's son David fetched away divers things which we
lent ym in yeir necessity."
"11 Nov. 1737. My oxen were at work for Mr. David Brigham's to cart stones
for ye chimneys." {Parkman Diary.)
THIRD GENERATION 87
mother, he gave a 14 acre town-right, a part of the right purchased
by his father of Rice; also all his stock and tools for carpentry
and husbandry, making some reservations for his daughter Deborah.
He gave his apparel to be equally divided among his 5 sons.
Jonas was to pay the funeral charges of his parents, and be the
executor of the will. This trust he so far perforKied as to obtain
the receipts of the heirs, 29 June, 1750, 3 days after the death
of their father, but his will was not proved until 22 Aug., ensuing.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
36 i John*, b. 22 April, 1704.
ii David, b. 30 Sept., 1708; d. s. p., 29 Nov., 1741, 2 days before his
stepmother.
Children by second wife:
37 iii Silas, b. 9 Aug., 1710.
iv Jemima, b. 24 Aug., 1712; m. Edward Newton; perhaps his
second wife.
v Deborah, b. 17 Sept., 1714; m. 14 Nov., 1752, Francis Harrington
of Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Harrington), b. W.:
1 Mary\ b. 16 Dec, 1753; m. 13 Feb., 1777, Jonathan Stone, Jr.,
of Worcester; no ch. recorded at Worcester.
2 Prudence, b. 20 April, 1755; m. 6 July, 1780, Josiah Perry of
Worcester; ch. (Perry):
i Josiah'; ii Mindwell; iii Nathan; iv Sophia; v William.
3 William, h. 18 Nov., 1756; m. 29 May, 1781, Mary Perry; no
ch. recorded at Worcester.
38 vi Levi, b. 21 Aug., 1716.
39 vii Jonas, b. 25 Feb., 1718. , ," '
40 viii Asa, b. 2 Dec, 1721.
10 GERSHOM^ son of Thomas- and Mary (Rice) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 23 Feb., 1680; died there, 3 Jan., 1748-9;
married 18 May, 1703, Mehitabel, daughter of Joseph and Expe-
rience (Wheelock) Warren, born in 1684. (This Joseph Warren
was an early settler of Medfield and his wife's father, Ralph
Wheelock, was the foimder of the town. The latter held the
degree of A. M. from Clare College, Cambridge, Eng. His house
was burned in King Philip's War.)
Gershom settled on the homestead of his father in Marlboro,
and was surveyor for the west end of the town, 1710; tythingman,
1716; constable, 1721; one of a committee to "seat the meeting,"
1727; selectman, 1733. It is probably a mistake that Morse calls
him " Doctor."
Children, born in Marlboro:
41 i Marthas b. 6 Oct., 1704.
42 ii Joseph, b. 21 Apr., 1706.
iii Abigail, b. 25 Nov., 1708; m. 25 March, 1729, John Snow of Marl-
boro; they probably moved away. Ch. (Snow), b. Marlboro:
1 John', b. 25 Nov., 1729.
43 iv Gershom, b. 4 Nov., 1712.
44 V Benjamin, b. 19 Feb., 1714-15.
88 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
11 ELNATHAN^ son of Thomas- and Mary (Rice) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 7 March, 1683; died in Mansfield or
Coventry, Conn., 10 April, 1758; married in 1705, Bethiah, daughter
of William and Hannah (Brigham) Ward. Bethiah died in Coven-
try, Conn., 15 April, 1765, ae. 82. He drew 17 acres in his father's
right; was surveyor in 1715; removed to Mansfield, Conn., 1717.
Children, the six elder born in Marlboro, the two younger in Mansfield.
i Uriah^ b. 30 April, 1706; d. 9 July, 1710, in Marlboro,
ii Jerusha, m. 1739, Benjamin Robinson of Windham, Conn.; had
2 sons and 3 daus.
iii Priscilla, b. 3 April, 1709; m. 2 Jan., 1726, Matthias Marsh of
Coventry, Conn. Ch. (Marsh), b. Coventry:
1 Elizabeth', h. 1 Oct., 1727.
2 Matthias, b. 28 Dec, 1729.
3 William, b. 10 Jan., 1738.
4 Bethiafi, b. 2 Nov., 1743.
iv Levinah (Morse says "Dinah"), b. 31 Aug., 1711; d. s. p., 8
March, 1749; m. 16 Dec, 1729, John Fay, son of 2; b. in Marlboro,
30 Nov., 1669; d. 5 Jan., 1747; he m. (1) EHzabeth Wellington,
by whom a large family.
V Prudence, b. 28 Jan., 1715; d. 3 Feb., 1715, in Marlboro.
45 vi Elnathan, b. 7 April, 1716.
46 vli Paul.
47 viil Uriah, b. about 1723.
12 SARAH^, daughter of Dr. John- and Sarah Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 27 March, 1674; married Samuel, son of
Samuel Goodenow (who was the son of Samuel, who was son of
Thomas, a petitioner from Marlboro) ; born in Marlboro, 30 Nov.,
1675; died 12 May, 1716. The elder Samuel had a garrison house
in 1711, in the present town of Northboro; it was his daughter
who met with the tragic death, by the Indians.
Children (Ooodenow), born in Marlboro:
1 Davids b. 26 Feb., 1704; m. 29 Dec, 1746, Martha Bannister. Ch.:
1 Sybil'; 2 Lovina; 3 John; 4 Stephen; 5 Adina; 6 Mary;
7 Martha; 8 Calvin; 9 Ebenezer.
ii Jonathan, b. 16 July, 1706; d. 25 Dec, 1803, in Westboro; m.
20 Feb., 1727, Lydia Rice, who d. 4 Dec, 1747. Ch.:
1 Lydia'; 2 Mary; 3 Jonathan; 4 Levi; 5 Ebenezer; 6 Surviah;
7 Tabitha; 8 Submit.
iii Thomas, b. 18 May, 1709; m. 7 Apr., 1734, Persis, dau. of Edward
Rice of Marlboro and sister of Lydia supra.
iv Mary, b. 5 April, 1712; m. 6 Jan., 1731, Beriah Rice, a loyalist,
who moved to Nova Scotia.
13 MARY^, daughter of Dr. John^ and Sarah Brigham; born
in Marlboro, Mass., 6 May, 1678; married Gershom, son of John
and Mary (Brigham) Fay; born in Marlboro, 19 Oct., 1681; died
24 Nov., 1720. He was a first settler of Northboro.
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On the 18th of August, 1707, as Mrs. Fay and Miss Mary,
daughter of Samuel Goodenow, Sr., were gathering herbs near
the Goodenow Garrison House (situated near the stream known
as Stirrup Brook, on the "great" road), a party of 20 or more
Indians issued from the woods and came towards the two women,
who immediately ran for the fort. Miss Goodenow was lame and
was soon captured, dragged across the brook to a wood on the
hillside, killed and scalped and there her mangled remains were
afterward buried. Mrs. Fay reached the fort and succeeded in
closing the gate before the Indians could capture her. There
was one man in the garrison, the rest being at work in the fields.
The savages tried to break through the inclosure, but the man in
the fort fired all the muskets in the place as fast as Mrs. Fay
could load and hand them to him, and was thus able to repel the
Indians until the men outside, hearing the report of the muskets,
came to their relief. Mrs. Fay's heroism saved her two children's
lives.
Children (Fay), born in Marlboro:
1 GershomS b. 17 Sept., 1703; m. Hannah .
ii Mary, b. 10 July, 1705; m. George Smith,
ill Susanna, b. 18 Nov., 1707; subject to constant nervous trembling,
believed to have been caused from her mother's fright over the
Indians before her birth.
iv Sarah, b. 2 Oct., 1710; m. Timothy BiUings.
V Silas, b. 12 Aug., 1713; m. Hannah .
vi Timothy, b. 26 June, 1716; m. 1738, Lydia Tomblin; res. North-
boro.
vii Paul, b. Aug., 1719; d. 28 March, 1790; m. 1752, Rebecca Rice,
who d. 26 Jan., 1807, ae. 75. Ch.:
1 Nahum\ b. 27 July, 1757; m. Lucy Warren.
2 Asa, b. 19 Sept., 1761; m. widow Grace Mahan.
3 Persis, b. 11 Dec, 1768; m. Col. William Eager.
14 JOHN^, son of Dr. John^ and Sarah Brigham; born in
Marlboro, Mass., Nov., 1680; died, probably in Sudbury, 16 Sept.,
1729; married Martha , who died 13 Nov., 1734.
Morse tells us that John probably inherited the homestead of
his father in Sudbury, and as his executor, 30 Dec, 1728, ex-
hibited to the Registry of Probate for Middlesex County an inven-
tory of his estate amounting to £203.16.9, but died before
proceeding further, leaving his wife Martha to complete the set-
tlement, and also to administer upon his own estate. This she
undertook, but, in her turn, died before completing either and
was succeeded by her daughter Hannah, ae. 21, who accomplished
the undertaking, paying out of her grandfather. Dr. John's estate,
£74.18.1 to each of her aunts, Goodenow, Fay, and Ward, and
to her aunt Perry £57.1.4, and a bequest to Jeptha Perry;
90 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
and to her uncle Samuel, his father's oxen. His real estate is
presumed to have been conveyed mostly to his sons during his
lifetime. The inventory of John Jr.'s estate, presented by his
widow, 8 March, 1730, amounted to £487.5.3. At his death he was
one of the selectmen of Sudbury.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i Hannah*, b. 4 Feb., 1712-13; not reported after 1734; probably
d. unm.
48 11 Samuel, b. 27 April, 1716.
49 iii Sarah, b. 29 March, 1718.
iv *John, b. 1 April, 1720; m. 12 March, 1750, Abigail Johnson;
probably went to Willington, Conn., " 6 Nov., 1763," according
to "dismissal" from Sudbury church; no ch. recorded at Willing-
ton. Ch., b. Sudbury:
1 Abigail, b. 5 Dec, 1751.
V Phebe, b. 5 Oct., 1721; m. Hubbard.
vi Abigail, b. 31 Dec, 1723; m. Prescott.
Morse states that these children, except the eldest, having been left in
their minority, Samuel chose David Haynes for his guardian, but Sarah,
Phebe and Abigail, 10 Feb., 1734, were placed under the guardianship
of John Green until 3 April, 1738, when Sarah, having married Samuel
Brown, her sisters chose him for their guardian, and probably removed
with them to Rutland. Brown received his discharge in Middlesex County,
24 June, 1745, with the receipts of Phebe Hubbard and Abigail Prescott.
15 THOMAS^, son of Dr. John^ and Sarah Brigham; born in
Marlboro, Mass., 6 May, 1687; married 24 Dec, 1724, Elizabeth
Bowker. He settled in Sudbury, Mass., but probably removed to
Rutland, Mass.
Children, born in Sudbury:
50 i John^ b. 14 Sept., 1726.
ii Sarah, b. 10 March, 1735; m. 13 March, 1765, Reuben Willis of
Sudbury. Ch. (Willis), b. Sudbury:
1 Asa^, b. 2 Sept., 1765.
2 Sarah, b. 24 April, 1768.
3 Mary, b. 11 Oct., 1770.
4 ^«a, b. 17 Feb., 1773.
5 Eunice, b. 28 July, 1775.
6 Reuben, b. 5 Jan., 1779.
7 Joel, h. 17 Aug., 1781.
51 iii Abijah, b. 26 Aug., 1737.
16 CAPT. SAMUEL% son of Capt. SamueP and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 25 Jan., 1689; died
in Grafton, Mass., 1 Sept., 1771; married 23 Aug., 1716, Abigail
Moore, who died 20 Nov., 1731, se. 35. Curiously, both Morse and
Hudson, in their respective histories, say that Samuel, son of Dr.
* Colonial War Record: On alarm list, 2d Sudbury Co., Capt. Josiah Richardson,
1757-
THIRD GENERATION 9^
John Brigham, also married Abigail Moore on the foregoing date,,
besides giving the marriage as here entered.
Morse says in part: In Dec, 1727, leave was granted by the
General Court to him and 39 others (among them Charles and
Nathan Sr. of Marlboro) to purchase Grafton of the Indians,
under restrictions and conditions which seem to have been strictly
observed. Samuel settled in the south part of Marlboro and
served her in all the offices in her gift, particularly as moderator
of meetings, assessor, 1739, '40, town treasurer (not named by
Hudson), town clerk, 1754, 1755, selectman, 1741, '42, '44, '46,
'48, '49, '54; in 1716, one of a committee "to seat the meeting."
1747-49 he administered upon the estate of his brother Antipas.
Samuel left a large estate; settled without an administrator.
Children, born in Marlboro:
1 Samuels b. 13 June, 1717; d. 14 June, 1717.
ii SybiUah, b. 15 Oct., 1718; d. 27 Sept., 1807; m. 173(i, Elea«r
Goddard, a farmer of Framingham and Athol, Mass., who d. 18
Nov., 1762.*
ill Mary, b. 13 April, 1720. ^
iv Abigail, b. 10 Dec, 1721; d. 27 Sept., 1755.
52 V Samuel, b. 3 March, 1723.
vi Phineas, b. 18 Dec, 1725; d. 23 Aug., 1736.
53 vii Uriah, b. 10 Sept., 1727.
54 viii George, b. 17 March, 1730.
17 LYDIA^, daughter of Capt. SamueP and Elizabeth (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 6 March, I69I ; married, 5 April,
1711,* Jonathan, son of Thomas and Sarah (Hosmer) Howe;
(his grandfather John Howe was one of the petitioners from
Marlboro of 1657) ; he died in Marlboro, 22 June, 1738, ae. 51.
Children (Howe), born in Marlboro:
i Timothy^, b. 24 May, 1712; d. 15 Oct., 1740.
ii Prudence, b. 3 Nov., 1714; m. Isaac Howe of Leicester, Mass.
iii Bezaleel, b. 19 June, 1717; m. Anna , who d. 28 June,
1773. Ch.:
1 Susanna^; 2 Timothy; 3 Edith; 4 Darius; 5 Bezaleel.
iv Charles, b. 30 April, 1720; m. Lydia . Ch.:
1 Theodore^; 2 Calvin.
V EUakim, b. 17 Jan., 1723; m. 15 Dec, 1747, Rebecca Howe;
moved to Henniker, N. H. Ch.:
1 Otis^; 2 Tilly; 3 Rhene; 4 Anna; 5 Molly; 6 Jonathan.
vi Lucy, b. 20 March, 1726.
vii Lydia, b. 12 April, 1729; d. y.
viii Mary, b. 12 Aug., 1730; d. y.
ix Lydia, b. 29 June, 1732; m. 21 Sept., 1752, Timothy Goodenow.
• Genealogies of Watertown, p. 256.
• There is a mistake in the History of Marlboro in regard to the month of this
marriage; three different dates are there given, and Morse gives another. The mar-
riage was in either May or April.
92 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
18 LIEUT. JEDEDIAH^ son of Capt. Samuel- and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 8 June, 1693; died 21
May, 1763; married 18 May, 1720, Bethiah, daughter of Joseph and
Dorothy (Martin) Howe, born 7 March, 1695; died 23 June, 1756.
Morse tells us that Jedediah inherited the tannery and seems
to have settled at the homestead. He served in many minor town-
offices and particularly in those of selectman (1741, '43, '47 and
'52), sealer of leather, etc. In 1746 he was chosen to a seat at
the Concord Court as petit juryman. He owned lands at Prince-
ton, Bolton, Lancaster and Marlboro. Dec. 21, 1762. " being in-
firm in body and mind," he made his will, bestowing his estate
upon his children. To Winslow he left the homestead and tannery,
half a mile east of Spring Hill, on the road from Marlboro to
Boston, and made him his sole executor. The will was proved
13 June, 1763.
Children, horn in Marlboro:
55 1 Dorothy*, b. 2 March, 1721.
56 11 Solomon, b. 25 May, 1723.
57 HI Francis, b. 13 Aug., 1725.
58 iv Lucy, b. 15 May, 1727.
V Bethiah, b. 31 March, 1729; d. 7 Oct., 1745.
59 vl Stephen, b. 2 Nov. or 11 Feb., 1731 or 1732.
vii Abner, b. 1734; d. Princeton, Mass.; unm., 1821, ae. 87,
60 viii Winslow, b. 30 Aug., 1736.
19 JOTHAM^ son of Capt. SamueP and Elizabeth (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 23 Dec, 1695; died 23 Nov.,
1759; married Abigail '"i' ■' ■' — y—, who died as his widow, 24 March,
1768. He settled in Marlboro and served often as surveyor; 1734
was constable; 1738 petit juryman; 1745 on the school-committee.
Children, bom in Marlboro:
61 1 Bettys b. 15 Nov., 1719.
62 11 Abraham, b. 25 Feb., 1720-1.
lil Edmund, b. 15 Nov., 1724; he was In the Colonial Wars under
Capt. Timothy Brigham.
Iv Oliver, b. 4 Sept., 1727; m. 9 Aug., 1757, Sherah, dau. of Jonathan
Johnson of Marlboro; b. 5 March, 1736; he moved to Petersham,
Mass., where selectman 1769.
63 V Asa, b. 1 Nov., 1729.
vi Persis, b. 2 Jan., 1734.
vli Abigail, b. 9 July, 1737; d. 11 Sept., 1740.
64 vlli Antlpas, b. 25 May, 1740.
65 Ix Abigail, b. 22 April, 1745.
20 COL. TIMOTHY^ son of Capt. SamueP and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 10 Oct., 1698; died
in Southboro, Mass., 1 Oct., 1775; married (1) Martha, daughter
of Jonathan and Mary (Kerley) Johnson; born in Marlboro, 26
THIRD GENERATION 93
Jan., 1701; died 23 Sept., 1757; married (2) 12 April, 1759,
Mrs. Sarah, daughter of Rev. Mr. Prentice of Lancaster, Mass.,
and widow of Dr. Joshua Smith, who died in Shrewsbury, Mass.,
1756. (She had 5 sons and 1 daiighter by first m.)
Col. Timothy was a soldier, a patriot and a very distinguished
citizen, and was in the Colonial Wars. A leader in the movement
to set off Southboro from Marlboro, the first town-meeting of
Southboro was held at his house, 14 Aug., 1727. He was often
moderator of town-meetings; 24 years town treasurer of South-
boro; selectman for the same number of years; conspicuous in
all municipal affairs; Representative, 1753, 1756 and 1769, and
among the first to take a stand with the colonies in the Revolution-
ary struggle; he was first on a committee of rights who reported
a series of spirited resolutions in 1773; he died during the siege
of Boston. He often acted as guardian to minors, and on 13
June, 1746, Jonathan Fay, son of John, receipted for such service.
His will made 4 May, 1774, gave his wife Sarah half of his
personal property and the improvement of one third of his real
estate; to her son, Joshua Smith, he gave the other half of his
personal property and the improvement, for seven years, of two
thirds of his real estate. After the death of his widow, and seven
years after his own decease, he gave all his real estate to his
nephew, George Brigham, son of his brother Samuel. To his
brother Charles he gave his best hat and wig and whatever might
be due from him to his estate; also Flavel's works, the Exposition
of Genesis and Exodus, and Dr. Coleman's work on the Parable
of the Ten Virgins. George Brigham was to pay his brother
Uriah <£40, in instalments, and £40 to Timothy Smith, son of
Joshua, when he was twenty-one years old. To Baxter How,
whom he brought up, he bequeathed a cow and a debt which he
would owe the estate. He made his wife Sarah, and Joshua Smith,
his brother Charles, and nephew George Brigham his executors.
The will was proved 7 Nov., 1775. Col. Timothy had no children.
He was Capt. and Col. in 1757, from Southboro. See Mass.
Archives.
21 *CHARLES^ son of Capt. SamueP and Elizabeth (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 30 Dec, 1700; died in Graf-
ton, Mass., 17 March, 1781; married Mary Peters of Newport,
E. I., who was born 1716, and died 19 Feb., 1797.
Charles settled in Grafton after having disposed of his lands
in Marlboro, and he became, in 1727, one of the 40 proprietors
under the sanction of the General Court. Was one of the ablest
* Colonial War Record: (Probably in 1725) " Centinel " 3 weeks and i day in
Capt. Nathan Brigham's Troop of Horse. 25 March, 1757, with Capt. Sam. Warren.
94. THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
and most distinguished of the citizens of Grafton, held the most
important town offices and was her Representative to the General
Court. He was appointed by the Royal Governor, a magistrate,
an office of very great dignity, in his day, and one that was
sparingly bestowed. He settled upon Brigham Hill, on a rich
tract of land, which was afterward the country residence of his
descendant, the late William Brigham of Boston.
Children, born in Orafton:
i Charles*, b. 29 Oct., 1732; d. 21 Jan., 1755, unm.
11 Daniel, b. 28 April, 1735; d. about 1759; * was a soldier at CrowF«
Point at time of decease. Daniel was drafted Into the army for
the war of 1*758. Just before leaving home, as he was passing
up the road late one afternoon for the cattle, he was startled to
see before him a man wrapped in an Indian blanket. He recognized
the face and figure of the man as his own. It disappeared. His
brother also saw the figure. He went to the war with the convic-
tion that he would not return. He fell ill at Crown Point and when
near the point of death an Englishman found him attended by a
friendly Indian wrapped in an Indian blanket, and brought back
the account to Grafton. The place where the apparition was seen
is not far beyond the Brigham homestead in Grafton on the old
road just after passing the long bridge. — The Hundredth Town.
*& '^ iii William, b. '26 March, 1739.
iv Mary, b. 12 Dec, 1740; m. Moses Parks, and res. in New Marl-
boro.
V Sarah, b. 19 April, 1743; m. Moses Leland, Jr., a farmer; b. in
Sutton, Mass., 1745; d. S., 1769. Ch. (Leland), b. in Sutton:
1 Charles'", b. 1766; d. 1777.
2 Prudence, b. 1769; m. Ephraim Harrington of Grafton. Ch.
(Harrington): i Sally*; 11 Mary; iii Martha; iv Prudence; v
Harriet; vl Ephraim.
67 vi Anna, b. 18 March, 1745.
vii Timothy, b. 23 Nov., 1747; d. 9 Feb., 1747-8.
68 viii Persis, b. 4 Jan., 1755.
ix Elizabeth, m. Nahum Warren of Grafton, and probably d. s. p.
* Colonial War Record: 25 March, 1757, with Capt. Sam. Warren. 1759, Private,
Whipple's Co., Ward's Regt., 18 2-3 days at Pontosook (Pittsfield') to recruit forces.
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FOURTH GENERATION
22 *LIEUT. NATHANS son of Nathan^ and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham, born in Marlboro, Mass., 28 Nov., 1693; died
in Southboro, Mass., 15 Sept., 1784, se. 91; married (1) 24 Dec,
1717, Dina, daughter of Edmund and Ruth (Parker) Rice of
Westboro, Mass.; married (2) about 1729, Elizabeth (Ward)
Snow.
Morse gathered the following facts: Prior to the second divi-
sion of the original township of Marlboro, in 1727, Nathan held
several minor town oflSces, but in the new town of Southboro, to
which he was set off, he appears at once among her principal
citizens, serving the first year as a selectman and soon after as
treasurer. He was repeatedly placed on committees for hiring
schoolmasters and chosen for the 29th time as a selectman at the
age of 77 years, at which he remonstrated and was, with public
thanks, excused. He lived near the houses of Samuel and Dana
Brigham in the north part of Southboro, and is presumed to have
inherited the lands southeast of Crane meadow, drawn in his grand-
father Thomas' right. He did inherit the Bible, law-book, cane
and sword of his father Nathan. He retained his vigor to a
great age and when in his 90th year used to mount his horse without
assistance.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
i DinaS b. 5 Sept., 1719; m. 9 Nov., 1743, Jonathan Witt, Jr.
ii Eunice, b. 4 Oct., 1721; m. 8 Sept., 1742, Hezekiah Newton (see
Addenda).
69 ill Moses, b. 2 Jan., 1722.
iv Persis, b. 3 April, 1724; d. 12 July, 1740.
70 V Elizabeth, b. 18 Dec, 1725.
Children (by second wife), born in Southboro:
71 vi Nathan, b. 13 March, 1730.
72 vii Hepsibah, b. 1 June, 1732.
73 viii Edmund, b. 12 Aug., 1733.
74 ix William, b. 8 April, 1735.
X Phineas, b. 11 Oct., 1737; d. 16 July, 1740.
xi Tabitha, b. 27 Aug., 1739; d. 5 July, 1740.
75 xii Ebenezer, b. 24 June, 1741.
76 xiii Elijah, b. 5 Sept., 1743.
23 fTHOMASS son of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 22 Feb., 1695; died there, 25
Nov., 1765; married, 25 Jan., 1719-20, Sarah, daughter of Jo-
* Colonial War Record: Centinel (probably 1725), Capt. N. Brigham.
t Colonial War Record: First Marlboro Co., 1757.
97
98 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
seph and Sarah (Howe) Stratton, born in Marlboro, 30 Nov.,
1700,* died there, his widow, 15 Sept., 1775. Her father was
assigned to the garrison of Capt. Nathan Brigham, when she was
11 years old, and Thomas was 16.
Morse says that he settled in the south-west part of Marlboro,
where he was constable and tythingman, and in 1740 and 1743,
selectman, and sealer of leather 6 years; 1738 a petit jury-man,
and 1731 member of a committee to procure a school-master; 1757
he administered on the estate of David Burnham of Southboro.
13 Aug., 1765, he made his will, giving to his wife Sarah the use
of half his house; his pew in the meeting-house; all his house-
hold stuff, and his horse and chaise, while she remained his
widow; 72 bushels of corn, 7^ bushels of rye, 1-^ of wheat, all
ground; 6 score weight of pork, 5 do. of beef; the apples, cider
and sauces of all kinds that she might need; 2 cows and 5 sheep,
kept summer and winter; 26s. 6d. in cash, and a supply of fire-
wood, all to be supplied her annually by his sons Ithamar and
Paul. To his sons Aaron, Ezekiel, and Elisha he gave one right
in the great Crane swamp, to be equally divided between them,
and each was to receive from his executors ,£20, within 3 years
after his decease.
To his grand-daughter, Lydia Bigelow, he gave ,£133, to be
paid her within 5 years after his death; also his desk and all
his household stuff after the death of his wife, and all that be-
longed to her aunt, Sarah Brigham, provided she should marry
and leave heirs of her body; but otherwise, all after her death
should go to his children or their heirs; to Ithamar and Paul
he gave his wearing apparel, his husbandry tools, and steelyard;
and after the death of their mother, his clock, chaise and pew;
and to Paul the half of his house reserved for her; his money and
stock he ordered to be equally divided among his children and
grand-children; to his sons Ithamar and Paul, he gave his home-
stead, and all his lands in Marlboro, Westboro and Southboro, and
a right in little Crane swamp, and made them his executors. His
will was proved 6 March, 1766. In 1858 his house, north of the
then Alden Brigham place, was still standing.
Children :
77 i Aaron», b. 17 March, 1720.
78 11 Lydla, b. 14 March, 1721-2.
79 ill Ezekiel, b. 14 Feb., 1723-24.
80 Iv Elisha, b. 25 Nov., 1726.
81 V Ithamar, b. 6 Oct., 1729.
vl Sarah, b. 12 March, 1731-32; d. unm., 21 July, 1765.
vli Thomas, b. 23 April, 1734; d. 3 June, 1740.
82 vlii Paul, b. 26 March, 1737.
ix Ephraim, b. 6 April, 1739; d. 22 June, 1740.
X Abner, b. 13 Jan., 1741-2; d. 28 Sept., 1746.
* History of Marlboro: Morse says " 1701."
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24 ELIZABETH^ daughter of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 4 Jan., 1699-1700;
d. there, 11 Oct., 1757; married 25 April, 1722, John, son of
Samuel Stow (who was in Marlboro by 1684, descended from
John of Roxbury, emigrant of 1634; a member of the Ancient
& Hon. Artillery Co. ; in King Philip's War) ; born in Marlboro,
SO March, 1696; died there, 2 July, 1761.
Children (Stoio), born in Marlboro:
i *ElizabethS b. 17 July, 1723; m. 20 May, 1752, John Eager of
Marlboro; he d. 9 April, 1777. Ch. (Eager):
1 Joseph^; 2 Luke; and 2 d. y.
11 Manasseh, b. 8 Nov., 1724; d. in Southboro, 1776; m. 17 Nov.,
1747, Dinah Morse, b. in Marlboro, 8 Oct., 1729; she was descended
from Joseph of Watertown,
iii Hannah, b. 14 July, 1726.
iv Miriam, b. 7 Jan., 1729; d. 7 July, 1741.
V Mary, b. 2 Sept., 1730; d. 11 Jan., 1814; m. 9 June, 1752, Asa
Howe of Petersham; des. from John of Marlboro; b. there, 31
Jan., 1728. Ch. (Howe): John% b. Marlboro,
vi Keziah, b. 8 Sept., 1732; d. 17 Jan., 1823; m. 27 Nov., 1755,
Abner, son of Joseph Morse, des. from Joseph of Watertown; b.
Marlboro, 5 Nov., 1727; d. 3 June, 1810; moved to Paxton. Ch.
(Morse) :
1 Aaron^; 2 Elijah; 3 Stephen; 4 Kezia.
vii Abigail, b. 7 Aug., 1734; d. 25 Sept., 1823; m. 26 Dec., 1753,
Ebenezer, son of Eben. Hagar; b. 16 March, 1728; d. in M., 19
Dec, 1798. Ch. (Hagar):
1 Joel'; 2 Elizabeth; 3 Nancy; 4 Lovice; 5 Abigail; 6 Cate.
vm Ephraim, b. 30 March, 1736; d. 19 Oct., 1752.
ix Sarah, b. 4 April, 1738; d. 17 Dec, 1804; m. 12 Feb., 1761, Wil-
liam, son of Eben Hagar, des. from WiUiam of Watertown; b.
21 April, 1733; d. 9 Jan., 1811. Ch. (Hagar):
1 Ephraim^; 2 Lydia; 3 Eben; 4 William,; 5 Martin.
X Jolm, b. 17 Nov., 1740; d. 18 Feb., 1828; m. 4 June, 1766, Grace,
dau. of Micah Newton; b. 12 June, 1746; d. 26 May, 1824. Ch.:
1 Elizabeth'; 2 William; 3 Mary; 4 Sarah.
25 SARAH*, daughter of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 Dec., 1701; died there,
5 Nov., 1744; married 14 Mch., 1727, Capt. Uriah, son of Zerub-
babel and grandson of William Eager (Morse has it " Hager,")
of Marlboro; born there, 4 Apr., 1700; died there, 30 Dec, 1780;
marched on the Lexington Alarm. He married (2) Rebecca Rice,
who d. s. p. 1790.
Children (Eager), by first wife, born in Marlboro:
1 Nathan% b. 9 Feb., 1731; m. 1755, Sarah Goodnow.
11 Mary (or Sarah), b. 27 May, 1733.
iii Fortunatus, b. 6 July, 1735; m. 13 June, 1758, Mehitable Bigelow.
iv Elizabeth, b. 21 Jan., 1737; d. 24 July, 1740.
•In one place the History of Marlboro says she died 25 May, 1750; again that
she was married 20 May, 1752; again that she died in 1801.
100 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
V Uriah, b. 5 Feb., 1740; m. 29 March, 1764, Tryphosa, dau. of
Joseph Bush; b. in Marlboro, 13 July, 1736; d. 8 Feb., 1802;
he d. 30 Sept., 1813; was in the Revolution. Ch.:
1 Rebecca^; 2 Mary; 3 Triphena; 4 Moses; 5 Lydia; 6 Hep-
zibah.
vi Hannah, b. 29 Dec, 1741; m. 10 Feb., 1761, Uriah Newton, Jr.,'
b. in M., 17 May, 1736; des. from Richard of Marlboro. Ch.
(Newton) :
1 Jonathan'.
26 ZIPPORAHS daughter of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 Sept., 1704; died
there, 2 May, 1790; married John Warren Jr., born in Marlboro,
S Apr., 1701; died 27 Dec., 1783; descended from John of Water-
town, the emigrant of 1630. He was an important Marlboro
citizen.
Children (Warren), born in Marlboro:
i Elizabeth^, b. 31 March, 1734; m. 13 June, 1754, Asa Brigham, 63,
ii John, b. 16 Oct., 1735; d. 25 Apr., 1737.
iii Anne, b. 27 Aug., 1737; m. 26 Oct., 1757, Larkin, son of Col.
Abraham Williams, and grandson of Abraham, a proprietor of
Marlboro, in 1663; b. 29 Dec, 1728; moved to Chester about 1774,
where probably d. Ch. (Williams), b. Marlboro, except youngest:
1 Anna''; 2 Ephraim; 3 John; 4 Larkin; 5 Louisa; 6 George;
7 Anna; 8 William, b. in Chester; settled in New Fane, Vt.,
and gave name of " Williamsville " to the place of his residence.
iv Lieut. John, b. 19 June, 1739; m. 27 Jan., 1763, Rachel, dau. of
Jonathan Barnes; b. 13 July, 1740; a prominent citizen. Ch.:
1 Anna''; 2 William.
X Persis, b. 9 Apr., 1741; m. Arnold.
vi Hastings, b. 20 Feb., 1743; d. 17 Nov., 1760, in Albany in the
French War.
vii Catherine, b. 3 Nov., 1745; d. in M., 1 Feb., 1826; m. 21 Feb.,
1763, Bailey, son of Aaron Eager; b. in Marlboro, 7 Feb., 1741;
d. 26 Feb., 1790. Ch. (Eager):
1 Lucretia'; 2 Abraham; 3 Stephen; 4 Jonathan.
viil Thaddeus, b. 20 March, 1747; d. 18 June, 1821; m. 27 Dec, 1770,
Lucy, dau. of Samuel Stevens; b. in M. 21 Jan., 1752; d. 17
June, 1821. Ch.:
1 Lydia"; 2 John; 3 Samuel, m. Betsey W. Brigham; 4 Hastings;
5 Lucy; 6 Sarah; 7 Edward, a missionary to Ceylon; 8 Elizon'
beth; 9 Sophia; 10 MilUcent.
27 HANNAH*, daughter of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 9 March, 1706; was
living as late as 1783; married 7 June, 1732, Jabez, son of Caleb
Rice, and gr.-grandson of Edmund Rice the emigrant; born in
Marlboro, 2 Feb., 1702; died 1783.
Children (Rice), born in Marlboro:
i Hannah^ b. 9 March, 1737; d. 30 March, 1751.
ii Caleb, b. 7 May, 1740; d. 28 Dec, 1776; grad. Harvard CoU.,
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1764; m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Nathan Stone, first minister in
Southboro. Ch. :
1 Caleb^; 2 Nathan; 3 Ephraim; 4 Solomon.
iii Jabez, b. 17 Julj% 1746; d. 3 Nov., 1809; m. 27 June, 1776, AUce
Howe, who m. (2) Simon Goddard. Ch.:
1 Hannah^; 2 Sally; 3 Jabez; 4 Abel.
iv Noah, b. 10 Sept., 1751; d. 1 Oct., 1820; grad. Harvard Coll.,
1777; m. (1) 1778, Sarah Cazeneau of Boston, who d. 15 May,
1781; m. (2) Mrs. Hannah (Palfrey) Cole of Boston, who d, 17
Sept., 1826. Ch.:
1 Henry^; 2 Sarah; 3 Sophia; 4 William; 5 Bufus; 6 Hannah,
and others who d. y.
28 CAPT. EPHRAIM*, son of Capt. Nathan^ and Elizabeth
(Howe) Brigham, born in Marlboro, Mass., 20 Jan., 1707-8; died
there, 7 Feb., 1771; married, 15 April, 1730, Hannah Willard of
Grafton. She married (2) Joseph Wilder, 6 Apr., 1774.
Was lieutenant in the engagement at Charlestown, N. H., 3
Aug., 1746. Settled in Marlboro in the School District No. 3, of
Morse's day and was one of the largest taxpayers in the town,
and a prominent citizen; was treasurer 1742, '43, '50, '52-64;
assessor 1747, '59-63, '65, '68; selectman 1749, '50, '54, '56-59,
'61, '62, '65, '67, '69; jury-man, moderator, etc. There were 32
heirs to his estate, none of whom were his descendants. One hundred
and thirty-three pounds were left to Marlboro under the care of the
selectmen and the minister for the time being. The proceeds of £22
were to be paid to the minister for preaching, in person or by proxy,
an annual sermon to promote the present and future reformation and
happiness of the young; and the income of the remainder was
to support a school in the middle of the town, distinct from the
district schools, for " Writing and cyphering." The " Brigham
School " was to be kept open about a month in the spring for
older pupils. Fund now merged in the general appropriation.
The line is extinct.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Hannah^ b. 26 March, 1732; d. 21 Sept., 1736.
ii Ephraim, b. 10 Aug., 1748; d. 25 Sept., 1748.
29 KEZIAH*, daughter of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brig-
ham; (dates of birth and death unknown); married 13 Dec,
1718, Elias, son of James Keyes; born in Marlboro, Mass., 1694;
died in New Marlboro, Mass., 27 Feb., 1756; he was one of the
16 founders of the church in Shrewsbury, Mass., where he moved;
in 1744 moved to New Marlboro.
Children (Keyes), born in Shrewsbury :
i EliasS b. 22 July, 1719; went to New Marlboro. Ch.:
1 Zenas".
ii Mary, b. 13 April, 1721; d. 1724.
102 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iii David, b. 20 Sept., 1722.
iv Robert, b. 18 April, 1725.
V Mary, b, 12 Dec, 1726.
vi Charles, b. 29 April, 1728.
vli Keziah, b. 13 Feb., 1730.
viii Paul, b. 16 Sept., 1731.
ix Zenas, b. 9 March, 1733; d. 1740.
X Martha, b. 27 June, 1736.
xi Thaddeus, b. 17 June, 1738.
xii Deliverance, b. 14 March, 1740.
30 ZERVIAH*, daughter of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 9 Oct., 1698; died in Shrewsbury,
Mass., 1 July, 1736; married, 16 Mch., 1724, Ebenezer Bragg, a
carpenter from Ipswich to Marlboro and thence to Shrewsbury,
Mass.; he died there, 4 Sept., 1766, ae. 67; he m. (2) Sarah ,
by whom 1 1 children.
Children {Bragg), by first wife, horn in Shrewsbury:
1 Ebenezer", b. 7 March, 1725; m. 5 Oct., 1751, Sibilla Bouker.
Ch.:
1 Nathaniel^; 2 Timothy; 3 (Dea). John.
ii Zerviah, b. 29 June, 1727; d. j.
iii Lydia, b. 27 Jan., 1729.
iv Abiel, b. 25 June, 1730; m. Abigail Wilson. Ch.:
1 LovisaP; 2 Elizabeth.
V Elizabeth, b. 10 Jan., 1732.
vi Moses, b. 19 Aug., 1733.
vii Mary, b. 4 Jan., 173-5.
viii Zer%'iah, b. 22 June, 1736; d. y.
ix Thankful, b. 22 June, 1736; d. 7 April, 1756.
31 RUTH*, daughter of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 30 April, 1704; died there, 14
Oct., 1791; married (second wife), 12 July, 1727, Joseph Howe
Jr., of Marlboro; born 19 Feb., 1697; died 18 Feb., 1775; (by
his first wife, Zerviah, he had a child Zerviah) ; he was a large
owner of land in New Marlboro, Mass.
Children {Howe), by second wife, born in Marlboro:
i Joseph^ b. 1 Feb., 1728; d. 26 Sept., 1800; m. 21 May, 1751,
Grace, dau. of Simon Rice, who d. 23 Jan., 1816, ae. 87. Ch.:
1 Lovina^; 2 Reuben; 3 Simon; 4 Samuel; 5 Lucy; 6 Eli;
7 Daniel; 8 Miriam; 9 Hepsibah; 10 Joseph, and others
who d. y.
ii Dorothy, b. 4 May, 1730; d. 30 May, 1764; m. 20 Nov., 1750,
Col. Cyprian Howe, b. in Marlboro, 29 March, 1729; was in the
Revolution; m. (2) Mary Williams. Ch. (by first wife) (Howe):
1 Martha"; 2 Jabez; 3 Phebe; 4 Catee, m. Joel Brigham, 88.
iii Dinah, b. 11 Oct., 1731; m. Josiah Willard.
iv Thaddeus, b. 30 May, 1733; m. 12 April, 1757, Levinah" Brigham,
117.
V Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec, 1734; m. Dr. Rice of Barre, Mass.
vi Samuel, b. 22 May, 1737; d. 1756, in the French War.
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vii Phineas, b. 25 Jan., 1739; d. 14 March, 1832; m. (1) 11 Dec,
1764, Dorothy Burnet, who d. 9 Dec, 1781; m. (2) 1783, Sarah
Brooks, who d. 22 July, 1784; m. (3) 4 Jan., 1798, Lydia Ruggles,
who d. 1837 ae. 84. Ch. (by first wife) :
1 Sylvanus"; 2 Elizabeth; 3 Jedediah; 4 Gilbert; 5 Lovice.
Ch. (by second wife) :
6 Phinehas.
viii Artemas, b. 15 Jan., 1743; d. 17 Nov., 1813; m. 28 March, 1767,
Mary, dau, of Gershom Bigelow; who d. 15 Aug., 1810, ae. 65.
Ch.:
1 Elisha^; 2 Catherine; 3 Mary; 4 Jonas; 5 Lydia; 6 Sally;
7 Stephen, m. Susanna Brigham, dau. of 169; 8 David; 9
Samuel; 10 Levi; 11 Jabez; 12 Moses.
ix Miriam, b. 5 Dec, 1744; d. 14 Nov., 1825; m. April, 1763, Timothy,
son of Gershom Bigelow; b. in Marlboro, 1 Nov., 1738; d. 6 Nov.,
1817. Ch. (Bigelow):
1 David^; 2 Lydia; 3 Ephraim.
32 * JONATHAN*, son of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 March, 1707; died there, 4
Jan., 1768; married, 3 April, 1733, Damaris, daughter of Benja-
min and Mary (Graves) Rice, born in Marlboro, 20 July, 1711;
died 9 Nov., 1751. He lived in Marlboro and was surveyor there
in 1743 and constable in 1749-
Children, born in Marlboro:
83 i Noah', b. 24 Nov., 1734.
11 Mary, b. 25 April, 17—; d. s. p. in Northboro, Oct., 1807; m.
Thaddeus, son of Gershom and Hannah (Oaks) Fay of Northboro,
whose first wife was Thankful Rice. He d. in Northboro, 22 July,
1822, ae. 91., s. p.
iii Matthias, b. 24 Aug., 1742; d. 18 Aug., 1752.
Iv Damaris, b. 15 April, 1746; d. 12 July, 1752.
33 fCAPT. JESSE*, son of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, 10 July, 1710; died in Northboro, 8
Dec, 1796; married, 4 June, 1734, Bethiah, daughter of Jacob
Rice; born 13 Aug., 1712; died 19 Dec, 1794.
Morse says he settled in Westboro, in that part which, in 1766,
became the east j^part of Northboro ; was a large land-owner.
Was one of a committee to build the Northboro Precinct meeting-
house, in 1 744, etc. ; in 1 766 he was selectman and held other town
offices. He made his will 8 Sept., 1767, giving to his wife her
thirds and all his in-door movables, to be disposed of at her
pleasure to his 3 daughters. To son Timothy, to whom he had
previously given lands and buildings, he bequeathed half of his
right to the undivided lands of Marlboro. To son Artemas he
gave his buildings and lands in Northboro, his lands in Leicester
and Paxton, all his live-stock and tools, his firearms, sword and
cane, requiring him to provide a horse for his mother to ride at
* Colonial War Record: First Marlboro Co., 1757.
t Colonial War Record: " Ensign " Train Band, 1757; Capt. 2d Westboro Co.,
1762.
• 104 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
times when she should have occasion; to pay £52 to his sister
Rice; to his sisters Vashti and Mary, each £66, and to provide
them with room in his house so long as they should live single.
Artemas was sole executor.
Children, born in Westboro:
84 i Timothy', b. 16 Feb., 1735-6.
85 11 Artemas, b. 29 Sept., 1739.
Ill Persls, b. 7 March, 1741-2; d. 17 Sept., 1745.
86 iv Sarah, b. 21 Feb., 1745-6.
V Vashti, b. 27 Feb., 1748; m. —Gage.
vi Mary, b. 6 Sept., 1750; m. j^;^— -^i^. Gassett.
34 *JOEL^ son of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brigham; born
in Marlboro, 2 Oct., 1714; died at son Jonathan's in N. Y., April,
1797; married 17 March, 1740-1, Mary Church.
Morse says that he kept a public house in Marlboro for more
than 50 years; was selectman in 1763 and 1772; had extensive
land and business connections, and sustained a considerable loss
in Continental money; was a noted Whig. About 1783, after the
death of his wife, he removed with his sons to Madison, N. Y.
Children, born in Marlboro:
87 i Wllliam^ b. 20 March, 1741-2.
11 Zervlah, b. 10 June, 1745; d. 31 Aug., 1746.
Ill Zervlah, b. 5 July, 1747; m. Maynard of Worcester,
Mass. She d. and he m. a second time.
88 iv Joel, b. 5 April, 1751.
89 V Jonathan, b. 29 Oct., 1754.
90 vi John, b. 16 April, 1758.
91 vli Samuel, b. 3 Dec, 1760.
35 t JAMES*, son of Jonathan^ and Mary (Fay) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 2 Oct., 1717; died in Brookfield, Mass.,
15 March, 1794; married Anna, daughter of Elisha Rice of Brook-
field, Mass.; born, 5 July, 1726; died in Brookfield, 9 May,
1799.
Morse says that he settled on a tract of one thousand acres
on the south side of the Quabog River in Brookfield, which his
father had purchased, 7 Nov., 1722, for about $250, more or less.
He built his house one and a half miles south-west of the Brook-
field Depot (formerly South Brookfield). He is on a list of men
who served to the credit of the 3d precinct of Brookfield, dated
30 June, 1778, credited with 8 months' service.
Children, probably born in Brookfield:
92 i Tilly", b. 6 June, 1748.
93 11 Elisha, b. 6 Jan., 1750.
94 ill Jonathan, b. 22 Oct., 175—.
* On Committee of Correspondence, 1780.
t Colonial War Record: " Corporal." Relief of Fort William Henry, 1757.
FOURTH GENERATION 105
36 *JOHN% son of David^ and Deborah Brigham; born
in Marlboro, Mass., 22 April, 1704; died in Shrewsbury, Mass.,
to which town he moved and where he made his will, 20 July, 1767;
he married Susanna ; born in 1708; died 12 Feb., 1761.
By will, his two sons divided his farm, Samuel being executor.
His two daughters were each to have a cow and one half of the
indoor movables. They were to be furnished room in the house
and firewood, and to have their cows kept at halves.
Children, born in Shrewsbury:
i Deborah^, b. 11 Dec, 1737; d. unm., at Shrewsbury, 22 Oct.,
1816, «. 79.
95 11 John, b. 25 July, 1739.
96 ill Samuel, b. 1 July, 1741.
iv Susannah, b. 5 July, 1745; d. s. p. 12 March, 1830, ae. 85; m. 24
Nov., 1785, David, son of Deacon Jonathan Nelson of Upton,
Mass.; he d. in Shrewsbury, 12 May, 1827, ae. 90; (m. for his
first wife Susannah Bacheller, who d. in 1785, and had seven sons
and two daughters (see Hist, of Shrewsbury).
37 fSILAS*, son of David^ and Mary (Newton) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 9 Aug., 1710; died, 11 March, 1791;
married (1) Mindwell Grout, who died 8 June, 1741; married (2)
(published 30 Jan., 1743) widow Tabitha (Prescott) Sawyer of
Lancaster, Mass.
Morse says he became associated with her as administrator on
her former husband's estate. See Hist, of Lancaster.
Children (by first wife), born in Westboro:
j t Jemima'*, b. 23 March, 1736-37; m. 25 Jan., 1763, Constantine
Hardy of Westboro.
11 Mary, b. 19 April, 1739; d. 14 Jan., 1740.
• Colonial War Record: On Alarm List Shrewsbury Co., 1757. In 1759,
" invalid."
t Colonial War Record: Private in Train Band, 1757, Shrewsbury, ist Co., Capt.
Ward.
t "27 March, 1737 N. B. Mr. Silas Brigham and Mr. Eleazer Pratt of
Shrewsbury had desired me to baptize yeir Children. Accordingly, in my usual
manner I desired ye Children might be brought forth to Baptism. But only one
appeared. I looked about till I conceived yt something had befallen ye other or
those concerned with it. I proceeded and baptised Mr. Pratt's (wh was ye Child
yt was brought) wn the prayers were over we proceeded to ye last Singing; in ye
Time of the ye last Singing Mr. Brigham and his Child came in — After ye Blessing
and wn I was down in ye Alley going out, Mr. Brigham asked me whether his
child could not be baptized. I ans'd. it could not now. My Reasons are these.
Besides that, when I am spent with the foregoing Services, it is too much to expect
me to repeat ym over again. Besides that, such a custom indulged would involve
us in great irregularity and Difficulty, but this administration for my known Friends
would have forced me to make it a custom, and besides the impatience of many
of the Congregation to get away home, being they live 4, 5, or 6 miles off. Besides
those Reasons. I would urge yt was so very sudden upon me yt I could not judge
wh way I could vindicate it if I should proceed. Again by ye suddenness I was
too much confused to have my Power at command to perform the Devotions;
nor was I furnished therfor (Eccl. 5; i, 2). So it would have been nothing short
of horrible Presumption for me to have done it." — Parkman Diary.
The Editor of the Diary adds: " Poor Silas and poor Mindwell! How they
must have worried and how flushed his young face must have been when he marched
106 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children (by second wife), born in Lancaster:
97 iii David, b. 4 April, 1745.
iv Mindwell, b. 7 Feb., 1746-47. ^^
V Mary, b. 1 March, 1748-49. v^vW'^mh* C^ij&.a.f^'CCJ*. / 79 ^
38 COL. LEVI*, 6th child and 4th son of David^ and his 2d
wife, Mrs. Mary (Leonard) Newton Brigham (widow of Edward
Newton); born 21 Aug., 1716, in Marlboro, Mass., upon his
father's farm, in that portion of the town which was set off as
Westboro, in 1717; died in Northboro, Mass., 1 Feb., 1787; mar-
ried, 6 June, 1745, Susanna, daughter of * Joseph^ (Joseph^
John^) and Mrs. Mary (Harrington) Rogers Grout; born in
Watertown, Mass, 2 March, 1720; died in Northboro, 17 March,
1816.
When his father divided his farm among his children, Levi*
received and settled upon the northerly portion of it. most of
which, at the division of Westboro, in 1766, was set oif into North-
boro, of which town it formed the south-east corner. He was
born, lived and died upon the same farm, and yet was, at different
periods of his lifetime, a citizen of 3 different towns.
In 1763 he was one of the selectmen of Westboro, and subse-
quently held the same office in Northboro for 7 years. He was
also sealer of leather. In 1757, when 41 years old, he was Cornet
of the Shrewsbury Troop of Horse, commanded by Captain Benja-
down the aisle, after all the hurry, to have his pride in his first-born so humbled
by the Minister's censure! "
The Church Records say under date of April 3, 1737: "Jemima of Silas and
Mindwell Brigham baptized by Rev. Mr. Prentice of Grafton."
* Joseph' Grout was the 2d child and only son of Joseph^ Grout (John*) of
Watertown and his wife Susanna Hagar. He was born in Watertown 6 Feb.,
1683, and resided there until March, 1733, when he removed, with his family, to
Westboro, where he died in 1759. 3 Jan., 1717, he married Mrs. Mary (Harrington)
Rogers, widow of Daniel Rogers and dau. of Edward and Mary (Ockington) Harrington
of Watertown; she was b. 2 Jan., 1693.
Joseph^ Grout, was a son of Capt. John* Grout and his 2d wife, Sarah Busby,
He was b. in Sudbury 24 July, 1649, and removed to Watertown, where in 1675
he was a Trooper in Capt. Thomas Prentice's Middlesex Troop of Horse and served
during the campaign against the Narragansetts in the early part of King Philip's
War. About 1680 he m. Susanna, dau. of William and Mary (Bemis) Hagar of
Watertown, by whom he had 3 ch. He d. in 1720, his wife outliving him.
Capt. John* Grout, was b. about 1616, probably in England, emigrated to New
England about 1634, and was in Watertown in 1640 with wife Mary by whom
he had a son John, b. 1641, but who must have d. soon afterward, for he m. (2)
Sarah, dau. of Nicholas & Bridget (......) Busby, by whom Capt. John had a
dau. Sarah, b. in Watertown, 11 Dec, 1643.
During 1643 he removed to Sudbury where he acquired land and was made a
Sergeant of the Military Company. Oct. 7, 1662, sundry inhabitants of Sudbury
petitioned the Gen. Court that John Grout " be allowed to practice the mistery of
chirurgery." In 1685 he was made a Freeman and in 1667 the town records refer
to him as Ensigne Grout, which rank he held during King Philip's War and as
late as 1685, during which year the Gen. Court granted the claim of Ensigne
Grout for compensation for losses sustained during the Indian attack on Sudbury,
April 21, 1676. In 1688 Lieut. John Grout was appointed one of the custodians of
the public stock of ammunition, and the Vital Records of Sudbury show that Capt.
John Grout d. 25 July, 1697. John Grout also served the town of Sudbury 30 years
as selectman and 7 years as town clerk.
FOURTH GENERATION 107
min Eager, attached to the 3d regiment of Militia of the counties
of Middlesex and Worcester. He served as delegate from North-
boro in the Provincial Congress during its 3 sessions, 7 Oct.,
1774, to 10 Dec, 1774, 1 Feb., 1775, to 29 May, 1775, and 31
May, 1775, to 19 July, 1775.
March 23, 1776, he was commissioned Lieut. Colonel in Col.
John Goulding's 6th Worcester County regiment of militia of
which *Job Cushing of Shrewsbury was Major and subsequently
Colonel. In 1778 Col. Brigham received £27 from the town of
Northboro for his services in the war since 19 Apr., 1775.
Children, all born on the home farm in Westboro:
98 1 Levi', b. 26 Aug., 1746.
ii Joseph, b. 21 Nov., 1747; d. 13 Feb., 1760, killed by a fall,
iu Elijah, b. 14 Jan., 1750; d. 12 Sept., 1750.
99 iv Elijah, b. 7 July, 1751.
100 V Susanna, b. 21 Jan., 1754.
101 vi Winslow, b. 18 June, 1756.
vii Josiah, b. 12 Aug., 1758; d. unm., 9 Jan., 1788, in Westboro. He
was a doctor, and is mentioned in the Diary of Rev. Ebenezer
Parkman, as living with his brother-in-law, Breck Parkman, at
diflferent times. He was often at the parsonage, with Elijah,
Moses and Samuel Brigham, to dine and to sing.
vlii Mindwell, b. 18 Aug., 1760; d. 1 Feb., 1784.
ix Anna, b. 28 May, 1763; d. unm., 30 May, 1790.
39 fCAPT. JONAS% son of David^ and Mary (Leonard) New-
ton Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 25 Feb., 1718; died there,
25 Sept., 1789; married l6 Jan., 1745-6, Persis Baker, who died
3 Nov., 1784.
He settled on land in Westboro inherited from his father, and
built about 20 rods south of the present Insane Asylum. He was
one of the most distinguished citizens of Westboro, and through
life stood high in the public esteem and confidence; was elected
to town offices soon after attaining his majority, a thing of very
rare occurrence in his time; was repeatedly selected to look after
the interests of schools and was once placed on a committee to
prepare instructions for the school committee of the town; he
seems to have been a man of considerable education. He often
served as surveyor and constable, and was 7 years selectman, be-
tween 1764-77- As moderator of town meetings, member of
* Five years later, in 1781, Col. Brigham's son Winslow married Col. Cushing's
daughter Alice.
y Colonial War Record: Lieut. Westboro Train Band, 1757- "Acting Capt."
Relief of Fort William Henry, 17555.
J " 6 Jan., 1779. Capt. Jonas Brigham and his wife were so benevolent as to
present me with a Cheese. I take ye more notice of this because he has been so long
aloof, but I rejoice in his friendly Disposition."
" 9 Oct., 1780. Hear much of Bears — One is killed by Capt. Jonas Brigham and
Others — weighed 300. 1 dined at Capt. Brigham's, I visit at Col. Brigham's .... "
— Parkman Diary.
108 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vigilance committees and delegate to the County Congress at the
beginning of the Revolutionary struggle, and during its continuance,
he appears to have been an efficient and enlightened patriot.
Children :
102 i Martha', b. 1 Nov., 1746.
103 11 Jonas, b. 29 Oct., 1748.
ill Hannah, b. ; d. in Westboro; m. Rev. Halloway, son of
Elisha Fish of Upton, Mass., b. there, 2 Aug., 1762; grad. Dart-
mouth Coll., 1790; res. in Marlboro, N. H., where d. 1 Sept., 1824;
in 1840 she returned from Marlboro, N. H., to Westboro to reside
with her nephew, Halloway Brigham, where she died; had no chil-
dren, but adopted Hannah Halloway Brigham.
Iv Antipas, b. 23 July, 1750; d. 12 Nov., 1756.
V Eli, b. 17 May, 1752; after grad. from Dartmouth College, A. B.,
1778, he became a merchant in Lancaster, Mass., and in about 8
years failed in business; subsequently called on his brother In
Bakersfield, Vt., with a team and load of goods, enroute for
Canada. He was known to have taken the ice-road to Lake
Champlain, but was never heard of afterward; his friends be-
lieved he was lost in the lake; no family.
104 vi Edward, b. 21 May, 1754.
105 vli Barnabas, b. 29 March, 1756.
106 viii Antipas, b. 15 March, 1758.
107 ix Daniel, b. 12 June, 1760.
108 X David, b. 31 March, 1762.
xl Persis, b. 23 April, 1^64; d. 3 Feb., 1775.
109 xii Joseph, b. 20 April, 1766.
xiii William, b. 12 May, 1768; d. 7 Dec, 1779.*
40 fMAJOR ASA% son of David^ and Mary (Newton) Brig-
ham; born, 2 Dec, 1721, in Westboro, Mass; died in Fitzwilliam,
N. H., 6 Nov., 1777; married 23 Jan., 1745, Mary Newton, who
died 17 Dec, 1795, ae. 70. See Westboro Vital Records.
He resided in Shrewsbury, Mass., until 1775, where, in 1747, he
was admitted to the church. His house was still standing in
1 894 in an excellent state of preservation, when the author visited it.
"In September, 1894, I visited the old Shrewsbury homestead
of Capt. Asa Brigham, my direct ancestor and the 4th generation
from Thomas the Puritan. The house is situated, approximately,
a half mile east of Brigham Hill and 2^ miles south-east of the
• " Dec. 6, 1779. Was called away to see a young son of Capt. Jonas Brigham
viz; his son William in his 12th year, who was throught to be under extremely dan-
gerous Symptoms. I went prayed, breakfasted there."
" Dec. 7, 1779. Mr. Edward Brigham came to acquaint me that his Brother
dyed this morning and to desire me to attend ye Funeral on Thursday; at nine A. M.
I remonstrated, but it was settled, I suppose."
"Dec. 9, 1 779.... I did not go to Capt. Brigham's as I was at first desired. Mr.
Edward had come yesterday and told me his Father would conform to ye proposal to
bring ye Corps to ye Meeting-House. They did so and I prayed there. After this
they proceeded to ye Interment, and I went to ye Grave with ym. We re-entered ye
Meeting-House and having prayed already began with singing. Preached on ps. 68,
26-28.". . . . — Parkman Diary.
t Colonial War Record: Corporal, i757.
FOURTH GENERATION 109
present site of the Shrewsbury post-office on the road described
as " the back road from the old pike road to Westboro." It
faces north and stands on a slight elevation at a point where
the road makes quite a bend toward the east. To the north-west,
a newer and more modern house has been built and just across
the road a barn, the original one having been torn down long
since. The premises are at present occupied by Mr. George
Freeman. The old house has a gable roof, is 2 stories high below
the eaves, and at the time of its erection must have been quite a
pretentious structure. It has 22 windows and 2 outside doors — ■
1 in the front and 1 in the back. In the center of the house, divid-
ing it into 2 equal parts, is an immense fire-place, oven and chim-
ney, constructed of stone and brick. At the south side of the house
is a hall connecting the 2 rooms of the ground floor; in this hall
are 2 doors, 1 leads to the cellar, and the other is an outside door;
a stairway leads to the next floor. The 2d floor has another
stairway which leads to the attic. Two rods south of the house is the
old well which originally supplied the barn as well as the house,
and the pipes which carried the water to the barn are still in
position 8 feet below the surface, and serve to carry ofi" the excess
of water; it is said that at no time since the well was dug has
the water been below this pipe. The stumps of 2 huge Elms
may be seen, one of which I measured and found to be 17^ ft.
in circumference. In 1893, during a heavy storm, one of the large
divisions of the tree was split oiF and falling on the roof of the
house made quite a hole in it; the tree was so badly disfigured
it was cut down. Mr. Freeman presented me with a cane turned
from this tree."
He was the first captain of So. Militia Co. of Shrewsbury, and"
moved to Fitzwilliam, 1775, where he was moderator 1775 and '77;
selectman, 1776; on Committee of Safety and Treasurer, 1777.
See Hist, of Fitzwilliam.
Children, all born in Shrewsbury:
110 i Alpheus^ b. 30 April, 1746.
111 ii Molly, b. 10 March, 1748.
112 iii Leonard, b. 7 May, 1750.
iv Levlnah, b. 21 Feb., 1752; m. 14 July, 1774, Antipas, son of
Isaac Harrington of Troy, N. H.; b. in Grafton, Mass., 30 Sept.,
1753. Morse says " had ch." Troy Hist, does not mention him.
113 V Stephen, b. 13 May, 1754.
114 vi Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept., 1756.
vii Asa, b. 10 Sept., 1758; d. Barnard, Vt., 1839; m. Sally Newton;
was in the Revolutionary War; served in R. I., in 1778, in CoL
Josiah Whitney's Regt.; res. Barnard. Ch., b. there:
1 Sophia", b. 24 Feb., 1786.
2 Cloe, b. 16 July, 1789; m. ; res. Barnard.
3 Sally, b. 2 May, 1792,
110 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
4 Asa, b. 16 June, 1794; went west in 1830.
5 Alden, b. 28 Oct., 1796; m. 1822, Lydia Lathrop Smith; res.
Barnard, where d. 1872; ch.: Dennis S.' of Albany, N. Y.
6 Polly, b. 8 Sept., 1798.
viii Thankful, b. 13 June, 1760; d. 28 July, 1849; m. 6 Dec, 1786,
Dr. Isaac Moore Farwell, b. in Townsend, Mass., 12 April, 1757;
d. in Paris, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1840; grad. Dartmouth Coll.; went to
Utica, N. y. ; was selectman and town clerk of FitzwiUiam,
N. H. Ch. (Farwell):
1 Lyman", b. 5 Oct., 1798.
2 Eli, res. Watertown, N. Y.
3 More,
4 Samuel, res. Utica.
ix Lyman, b. 19 Nov., 1762; in Revolutionary War, July 1780;
received £9 bounty (FitzwiUiam, Town Records) ; res. Augusta,
N. Y. 3 daus.
115 X Josiah Newton, b. 30 March, 1765.
41 MARTHA*, daughter of Gershom^ and Mehetabel (War-
ren) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 6 Oct., 1704; died, 15
Oct., 1782; married 22 Feb., 1725, Capt. Joseph, son of John
and Jerusha (Garfield) Bigelow; born in Marlboro, 1 Jan., 1703;
died, 24 Jan., 1783. Resided in Shrewsbury in 1729, and was
selectman in 1748.
Children (Bigelow), born in Shrewsbury:
i Capt. Joseph^, b. 9 Nov., 1726; m. Olive Beaman. Ch.:
1 Stephen", and several daus.
ii Martha, b. 3 May, 1728; d. y.
iii Charles, b. 22 April, 1729; m. Lucy Bennett. Ch.:
1 Andrew"; 2 Joseph; 3 Charles; 4 Solomon; 5 John; and
daus.
iv Martha, b. 10 March, 1733; d. 13 July, 1742.
V Stephen, b. 10 Jan., 1735; d. unm., 1756.
vi Anna, b. 14 Jan., 1737; m. 26 Oct., 1757, Samuel Hastings,
vii Mehitable, b. 14 Sept., 1739; d. 1746.
viii Solomon, b. 13 Oct., 1746; m. 6 April, 1769, Mary Demmon,
who m. (2) William Small of Fitchburg. Solomon d. s. p.
ix Mary, b. 18 Sept., 1748; m. 2 June, 1768, Isaac Moor of Bolton,
Mass. Ch. (Moor):
1 Isaac"; 2 Solomon; and 5 daus.
42 * JOSEPH* son of Gershom^ and Mehetabel (Warren)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, 21 April, 1706; died 29 July, 1786;
married (1) 26 Aug., 1728, f Comfort, daughter of John Bigelow
who, previous to her birth, had been a captive among the Indians,
taken 15 Oct., 1705; (after his liberation he named his first-born
Comfort and his second Freedom; Miss Ames of Marlboro cor-
rects the Morse record); she d. 24 Sept., 1755, ae. 48; married
• Colonial War Record: Centinel (probably 1725), Capt. N. Brigham. Marlboro
Alarm List, 17 S7-
t History of Marlboro.
FOURTH GENERATION HI
(2) 3 May, 1757, Ruth, daughter of Joseph Riee of Marlboro,
and widow of Elisha Ward; born in Marlboro, 1 Sept., 1721,
died 1 Feb., 1786. „ . , .
He resided in Marlboro and built the Joseph Brigham-Ames
house. He was surveyor in 1734; petit jury-man, 1738; con-
Btable, 1740; selectman, 1749-50, '62, '64, '71; warden, 1766,
and tythingman, 1775.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
i MehetlbeP, b. 14 July, 1729; d. in Berhn, Mass 1763; m^ 748
Capt. Samuel Jones Jr., b. in B., 1726; d. 23 Jan., 1797 he
bouffht, in 1748, 137 acres, which included the land now a large
parfof the cen ral village of BerUn, where he bmlt "Jones Inn,
r 749; was a man of energy and good judgment; assistant
sheriff. He m. (2) Dorothy Wbitcomb, dau. of John, who had
children. Ch., (Jones), b. in BerUn:
1 Mehetabel', d. y., probably in Marlboro.
2 Samuel, b. 22 March, 1751 ; d. y.
3 Solomon, b. 5 March, 1(753; d. y. . . /i a f^milv
4 Samuel, b. 14 Feb., 1757; m. Martha Fay, and had a family,
moved to Marlboro, N. H.
5 Sally, b. 19 Aug., 1758.
6 Solomon, twin to Sally.
7 Levina, b. 1761; m. Stephen Coolidge.
116 u Sarah, b. 13 May, 1731.
117 iii Lavinah, b. 10 July, 1733.
iv Joseph, b. 14 June, 1735; d. 17 July, 1742
V Pomfort b 29 July, 1737; d. 17 July, 1742.
^ Martht b 9 Sept'' 1739; m 20 Jan., 1763, Daniel Barnes, Jr.;
h 19 Tulv 1736. Ch. (Barnes), b. in Marlboro:
lVoL% b 6 Nov., 1763; m. 8 March, 1785, Sarah, dau. of
2 MaX,'^!^ May, 1766; m 28 Aug., 1783, Fortunatus Brig-
ham, 168.
118 vii Stephen, b. 15 Oct., 1741.
"' t SoVb'eX. V«l .. I. Ma, un> .. u M„ch, mo,
Daniel, son of Samuel Stevens; b. 7 May, 1746; d. 7 Nov 1810
he m (2) 3 June, 1772, Lydia Brigham, dau. of 44; m. (3)
Lavrnia Barnard, and had ch.; was in the Revolution ; res. m
Marlboro. Ch. (Stevens), by first wife, b. Marlboro:
1 Samuel, b. 21 Feb., 1771; d^29 Aug 1775.
X Jonah, b. 19 Nov., 1747; d. 1 Dec, 1827, s. p.; m. 1771, Sarah
Walker. , ^ ., ^ «i
xi Lucy, b. 19 Aug., 1753; m. Samuel Stratton, son of 61.
43 *tGERSHOMS son of Gershom^ and Mehetabel (Warren)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 4 Nov., 1712; died -
; married, 26 Mch., 1741, Mary, daughter of Henry and
^''''^.t/-/:^8o::^'ElL?;oT;r7aii'4\o Mr. Gersho. BH.ha.'s. A news-
paper of Dec. 30, is ye last."
112 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Rebecca (Haywood) Lee, who died in Westboro, 5 Sept., 1780.*
He resided in Westboro where he held town offices 174-8-65.
Children, born in Westboro:
i HepsibahS b. 20 Jan., 1741-2, and no further reported.
120 ii Gershom, b. 15 Oct., 1747.
iii Seth, b. 22 June, 1750; res. and d. in Westboro; no family re-
ported (Vide Hist, of Gardner).
iv Silas, b. 27 March, 1753; res. and d. in Westboro; no family
recorded.
V Timothy, twin to Silas, res. in Westboro, and was selectman in
1764.
vi Joseph, b. 23 Aug., 1757; d. y.
"^ vii Mary, twin to Joseph, probably m. 12 Dec, 1776, Jonathan Pres-
'/. cott, Jr., of Lancaster, Mass.
44 fSERGT. BENJAMINS son of Gershom^ and Mehetabel
(Warren) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., IQ Feb., 1714-15;
died ; married Hannah Merrill.
He is supposed to have inherited the ancient homestead of his
grandfather, Thomas, through his father Gershom, and to have
left it to his youngest son Warren, who left it to Benj amin Thomas^
Brigham, son of 488. Warren weighed about 200 pounds and was
of medium height.
Children, born in Marlboro:
121 i Benjamin^ b. 11 March, 1741-2.
122 ii Caleb, b. 20 Nov., 1743.
123 iii Benajah, b. 15 March, 1745-6.
124 iv Hannah, b. 1 May, 1748.
125 V Gershom, b. 27 June, 1750.
vi Warren, b. 16 Nov., 1753; d. 10 Jan., 1840, s. p.; m. Lucy
Marble, who d. 19 Nov., 1858, ae. 90. He was well educated, but
eccentric, and desired to keep everything " as it always was."
vii Lydia, b. 28 Feb., 1758; d. 28 Dec, 1782; m. 2 June, 1772,
Daniel, son of Samuel Stevens, whose first wife was Comfort
Brigham, dau. of 42. Ch. (Stevens):
1 Samuel^ b. 29 Oct., 1776; d. 16 Jan., 1791.
2 Lydia, b. 18 May, 1778; d. 11 April, 1842; m. 1795, Seth,
son of Edmund and Hannah (Gassett) Rice of Westboro. Ch.
(Rice): i Lydia', b. 12 April, 1796; ii Sophia, b. 6 Feb., 1798;
* " Aug. 3, 1780. .. .Visit Mr. Gershom Brigham's wife who languishes.
" Aug., 1780. On Deac. Wood's Horse I rode to Mr. Gershom Brigham's to see
his Wife who is dangerously ill. The State of her Soul is deplorable as well as her
Body. She was very sorry yt she had neglected ye Lord's Supper. She was in much
Confusion. I prayed with her and ye Family. I dind there."
" Aug. 31, 1780. Mr. Gershom Brigham brings his Wife's Earnest Desire yt I
would visit her again & preach a Sermon there to-day. I complyed — delivered a
short Discourse (as I could) from several passages in Isa. 55. ' Hear and your Soul
shall live.' May God bless what was delivered. Mrs. B. is brot very low."
" Sept. 5, 1780. Mr. Gleason came and informed yt Mr. Gershom Brigham's
Wife dyed this morning; and ye Survivors desire me to attend ye Funeral next
Thursday."
" Sept. 7, 1780. I rode one of Alexander's Horses to ye Funeral of Mrs.
Brigham (Wife of Mr. Gershom) & prayed there " — Parkman Diary.
t Colonial War Record: Sergeant, 1757.
FOURTH GENERATION 113
iii Samuel, b. 11 Nov., 1799; iv Lucy, b. 20 Aug., 1801; v
Hollis, b. 26 June, 1803; vi Emeline, b. 26 April, 1805.
3 Edward, b. 10 March, 1781; d. 1 Aug., 1782.
viii Levinah, b. 2 Sept., 1760; m. 16 Dec, 1779, John Fay, Jr.; res.
Marlboro. Ch. (Fay), b. Marlboro:
1 Windsor", b. 15 July, 1780.
45 ELNATHANS son of Elnathan^ and Bethiah (Ward)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 7 April, 1716; died 2 Sept.,
1802, in Mansfield, Conn. He settled on the homestead in Mans-
field, Conn.
Children, bom in Mansfield:
126 i Stephen', b. 1744. rr^,i„„H
11 Elnathan, b. 1757; d. s. p., 1835; m. Mary ; res. ToUand,
Conn. Was a pensioner in 1832, and probably was the one re-
corded as being in Capt. Rudd's Co., Tyler's Brigade, when
attempting to dislodge the British from Newport, from Aug.
2-Sept 12, 1778, and was at the battle of Long Island. Also m
Capt. Waterman's Co., 6 Sept. to 8 Sept., 1781, and on duty
in New London.
46 PAULS son of Elnathan^ and Bethiah (Ward) Brigham;
born in Mansfield, Conn.; died in Coventry, Conn., 3 May, 1746;
married, 1 July, 1741, Catherine Turner, who married (2), 18
Oct., 1750, in Coventry, Benjamin Carpenter Jr., and had chil-
dren, Alvin and Mabel. Resided in Coventry.
Children:
127 i Thomas", b. 7 March, 1742. .,x ,, , j n ,«c
u Dinah, b. 14 Nov., 1743; d. 16 March, 1836; m. (1) Medad Curtis,
who d. in Conn.; they had son John', who moved to Ohio; she m.
(2) 9 April, 1776, EUsha Tracy.
128 iii Paul, b. 6 Jan., 1746.
47 URIAHS son of Elnathan^ and Bethiah (Ward) Brigham;
born in Mansfield, Conn., about 1723; died in Coventry, Conn.,
25 Jan., 1777, se. 54. He settled in Coventry and married (1)
Lydia Ward, who died 14 Dec, 1750,; and married (2) Ann,
daughter of Amos Richardson of Coventry, 28 May, 1754. He
was a patriot, and his anxiety for his country is believed to have
hastened his death. He was very plain in all his tastes.
Children {by first wife), born in Coventry:
129 1 Hannah', b. 9 April, 1746.
ii ("Capt.") Gershom, b. 1750; d. s. p. in C. about 1834, ffi. 84;
m. 13 Jan., 1774, Anne Parker of C, who died 18 Aug., 1815,
86. 66; was an inn-keeper. In vol. ii. of Recs. Conn., he is granted
leave. May, 1778, to " keep a house of publick entertainment where
he dweUs til next Mch. 1, provided he executes proper bond to
Treasurer of Windham Co." He lived on the "great road"
from Hartford to Boston.
114 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children {by second wife) :
iii Roger, b. 28 Oct., 1755; d. Nov., 1760.
130 iv Bethiah, b. 14 July, 1757.
131 V Anna, b. 14 Oct., 1759.
vi Norman, b. 2 Dec, 1761; d. Aug., 1782, after release from
British Prison Ship in N. Y. Harbor,
132 vii Don Carlos, b. 21 Feb., 1764.
133 riii Cephas, b. 7 Dec, 1765.
ix Martha (or Marcia), b. 28 Jan., 1770; bapt. in Coventry, 1778;
m. Edgarton.
X Lucy (or Lucia), b. 6 Nov., 1771; bapt. in Coventry, 1778; m.
31 Aug., 1800, Dr. Rice of Glastonbury, Conn.
48 SAMUELS son of John Jr.^ and Martha Brigham; born
in Sudbury, Mass., 27 April, 171 6; was drowned; married Mary
. He lived in Sudbury.
Children, horn in Sudbury:
i Martha^ b. 1 Aug., 1739; m. 27 April, 1775, John Goodnow.
Ch. (Goodnow), b. Sudbury:
1 Elizabeth'^, b. 10 Feb., 1770.
2 Jonas, b. 4 Dec, 1775.
3 Nahum, b. 14 Dec, 1777.
4 Martha, b. 19 May, 1780.
ii Mary, b. 25 Sept., 1741; m. 14 Jan., 1761, Samuel Balcom of
Sudbury; no ch. recorded,
iii Sarah, b. 2 Jan., 1744; m. Reuben Willis,
iv John, b. 31 Jan., 1746.
V Samuel, b. 31 Jan., 1746; m. 6 June, 1776, Hannah BrintaU; he
was on the Sudbury muster-roll of 1775; no ch. recorded in
Sudbury,
vi Phebe, b. 17 June, 1748; d. y.
134 vii Hosea, b. 6 Sept., 1750.
viii Phebe, b. 13 Jan., 1751.
ix Hannah, b. 1 Feb., 1754; m. 2 Feb., 1775, Samuel Gleason. Ch.
(Gleason), b. Sudbury:
1 JoeP, b. 15 July, 1775.
2 Buth. b. 5 Sept., 1777.
3 Molly, b. 21 March, 1781.
135 X Joel, b. 5 March, 1756.
136 xi Jonas, b. 26 May, 1758.
49 SARAHS daughter of John Jr.^ and Martha Brigham;
born in Sudbury, Mass., 29 Mch., 1718; married, 18 Mch., 1736,
Capt. Samuel Brown; born in Chelmsford, or Rutland, Mass., 8
Dec, 1700.
He was in the French and Indian Wars. He went from Concord
to Rutland (now Paxton), Mass., where he resided south-east of
Turkey Hill Pond; held town offices and was in the military
service; he malted barley and made brick; was moderator (1765)
of the first Paxton town meeting; subscribed to the first church
covenant when organized in 1767; will dated 1 June, 1776;
FOURTH GENERATION 115
son Abel became executor 23 April, 1794. See Hists. of Rutland
and Paxton.
Children {Brown), horn in Rutland :
i Abel\ b. probably 1739.
ii Martha, b. probably 1743; m. Williams.
iii Abigail, b. probably 1746; m. Davis.
iv Samuel, b. 1749.
V Alpheus, b. 1752; had a descendant, Charles Brigham Brown,
who was local historian of Rutland.
vi Abijah, b. Paxton, 9 Oct., 1755; d. 1834-6; m. 1775, Phebe, dau.
of Dr. Solomon Parsons of Leicester, Mass.; b. 1755; a "Minute
Man," and marched to Lexington with Capt. Phineas Moore;
afterward in the Continental Army 3 years; moved to Swanzey,
N. H. Ch.:
1 Elizabeth^ b. 9 Oct., 1779; d. 13 July, 1865; m. Stephen
Green of Leicester, Mass., b. 24 Dec, 1772; d. 6 March, 1842;
had 6 ch. the 3d one, Samuel, was living in Spencer, Mass.,
in 1905; has a son, Charles A. Green of Maiden, Mass.
2 Phebe, b. 14 July, 1781.
3 Sarah, b. 17 Nov., 1783; m. Philemon Whitcomb of Swanzey,
N. H., and Fayston, Vt., who had Zelinda, who m. Merrill
Tyler, who had Laura E., who m. Dr. Gershom N. Brigham,
598, father of the author of this volume.
4 Solomon, b. 23 July, 1785.
5 David, b. 1787.
6 Abijah, b. 1789.
7 Briffham, h. 1790.
8 Jer'usha, b. 19 March, 1792.
9 Harriet, h. 21 June, 1794.
10 Orrin, b. 3 Aug., 1796.
11 Jonathan Hubbard, h. 8 June, 1798.
50 *JOHN^ son of Thomas^ and Elizabeth (Bowker) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 14 Sept., 1726; married "Gate"
(Catherine) Willis.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i Elijah^ b. 9 Oct., 1773; d. 7 Sept., 1775.
137 ii Samuel, b. 3 March, 1775.
138 iii Elijah, b. 13 Oct., 1776.
139 iv Eber, b. 28 June, 1778.
V Catherine, b. 2 April, 1780; probably d. unm.
vi John, b. 20 Feb., 1783.
140 vii William, b. 20 Dec, 1784.
viii Elizabeth, b. 15 June, 1786; d. unm., 16 April, 1875.
ix Sally, b. 4 Aug., 1788; d. Sudbury, 1 Sept., 1870; m. 1809,
Elisha Maynard.
X Abigail, b. 5 Jan., 1790.
xi Mary, b. 2 Dec, 1793; d. unm., 1 March, 1846.
xii Chloe, b. 3 March, 1795; d. 1 April, 1836; m. 1815, Cyrus Willis.
* There may be an intermediate generation (" Capt. Isaac ").
116 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
51 *LIEUT. ABIJAHS son of Thomas^ and Elizabeth (Bow-
ker) Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 26 Aug., 1737; died
there, 2 April, 1814, ae. 76; married 5 June, 1759, Eunice Willis,
b. 16 Jan., 1741; died 9 March, 1826, ae. 85.
Was a Lieut, in the Revolution and on the Sudbury muster roll
of 1775; he marched on the Lexington alarm from Sudbury to
Cambridge. Was in Capt. A. Wheeler's Co., Col. E. Howe's regi-
ment, as 2d Lieut., commissioned 5 July, 1776; also, enlisted 20
Oct., 1779, as 2d Lieut, in Capt. A. Cranston's Co., Col. Denny's
regiment. Was a blacksmith, and resided on the ancient Dr.
John Brigham homestead in Sudbury, where he was selectman in
1778, '81, and '87. The dates of his children and some of his later
descendants are taken from his old Bible in possession of Newell
Willcomb, who lives on the John Jr. homestead and who married
Emma, youngest daughter of Lewis Brigham of Maynard, Mass.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i AbeP, b. 25 March, 1760; he was a soldier in the Revolution from
Sudbury in 1775; he settled in Paris, N. Y. Ch.: Abel, Jr.", and
3 daus.
141 ii John, b. 19 May, 1762.
142 iii Joseph, b. 26 Sept., 1764.
iv Eunice, b. 7 Feb., 1767; d. 1773.
V Reuben, b. 21 Sept., 1769; settled in Paris, N. Y. Ch.:
1 Reuben, Jr.^
2 George, and daughters.
vi Elizabeth (Betsey), b. 14 April, 1772; d. 1781.
vii Abner, b. 31 Oct., 1774; d. 16 Aug., 1807; m. Persis Bowker,
20 April, 1797. Ch.:
1 Sophia", bapt. Sudbury, 6 Jan., 1799.
2 Louisa.
viii Eunice, b. 5 July, 1779; m. 11 Dec, 1798, Loring Wheeler.
52 fDR. SAMUEL*, son of Capt. SamueP and Abigail (Moore)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 3 March, 1723; died, West
Indies, 1756; married (1), 24 Nov., 1747, Elizabeth Wood, who
died s. p.; married (2), 9 Jan., 1752, Anna, daughter of Dr.
Benjamin Gott of Marlboro; born there, 8 Jan., 1731; |she mar-
ried (2) §Capt. Maynard of Westboro, Mass., and died 6 July,
* Colonial War Record: In 1755, private on Crown Point expedition. Also 13
weeks with Capt. Samuel Dakin.
In 1758, with Capt. Henry Spring, Col. William Williams.
t Colonial War Record: Surgeon, 14 weeks on Crown Point expedition, Col.
Joshua Browne.
t She is the "Cousin Maynard" of Rev. E. Parkman's Diary; she was a niece
of Madam Parkman. " Mrs. Maynard dined here " is a frequent note in the Diary,
particularly on Sunday.
§ " Capt. Maynard has the reputation of being the wealthiest man of his day in
Westboro, and his house, burned a few years ago, was solid and handsome
The work on his farm for many years was performed by slaves, and he was loth to
give them up, so loth, that the heavy stone walls by the side of the avenue leading
to his house are said to be among the very last labor performed by slaves in Massa-
chusetts " (Foot-note, Parkman Diary, p. 62).
FOURTH GENERATION 117
1799, and was interred in the ancient burying-ground in Westboro,
near the south wall.
Dr. Samuel settled in Marlboro and was chosen selectman in
1755; he represented Marlboro in the General Court in 1741.
History states that he received £59 10s. for teaching " 2 quarters "
in 1747. He went to the West Indies as an army surgeon, was
taken with yellow fever and died there.
Children (by second wife), bom in Marlboro:
i EUzabeth^ b. 11 Aug., 1752; d. 20 June, 1798; m. 17 Dec, 1778,
Dea. David Goodell of Marlboro, b. 1716; they probably had
no children.*
143 11 Anna, b. 29 Oct., 1753.
Hi Susannah, b. 12 April, 1755; m. 4 Oct., 1770 (?), Elisha, son of
John Hudson (who with 8 sons was in the Revolution); b. in
M., 174—; was in the French War, 1756-58-60; was m the
Revolution from Northboro; moved to Canada, where died. Ch.
(Hudson), b. Marlboro:
1 William^ b. 29 March, 1770.
2 Samuel, b. 25 Dec, 1771.
Others, names unknown.
144 iv Samuel, b. posthumous, 21 Aug., 1756.
53 fLIEUT. URIAHS son of Capt. SamueP and AbigaQ
(Moore) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 10 Sept., 1727;
died there, 22 Oct., 1782; married, 12 July, 1750, Sarah Breck,
daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Sarah (Breck) Gott (Mrs. Gott
was the daughter of Rev. Robert Breck of Marlboro and sister
of Madam Parkman) ; born in Marlboro, 21 March, 1729; died
31 Jan., 1815.
Morse says of Uriah that he was brought up a gentleman s son
and never performed a day's labor in his life; that he lived in
the style of the English gentry, receiving the visits of the elite
from far and near, keeping an open house, in which there was
no limit to his hospitality. His estate bore the strain of such a
lavish style of living better than might have been expected, last-
ing through his time, but was so involved, at his death, that the
administrators had employment for 30 years. He resided in the
* " 17 Dec, 1778 At eve there were two marriages, viz: Mr. David Godell
to Miss Elizabeth Brigham (Cousin Maynard's Dauter) 8 Dollars.....^....
"20 Dec 1778 ..Mr. David Goodell the Bridegroom and his Bride together
with her mother Maynard dined here, as did Mr. Elijah Brigham P. M. The Bride-
groom preached on I Cor. 6. 19-20. and I hope to ye Glory of God. He went from
ye Meeting House, with his new Spouse, to Capt. Maynard s. , ^, .
"q Tune 1779. Sophy, with Mr. Brigham, in Mr. Newton s Chaise goes to
Marlboro. Mr. Goodell here and shows me ye Certificate of his Ordination at large, or
as a Missionary, to go to the State of Vermont."
«, pgb 17880 Hear that Mr. David Goodall and his Wife were come
from Athol & passed by to Capt. Maynard's yesterday He is going to Marl-
boro, his Father being dyed Izttly."— Parkman Diary. w t
t Colonial War Record: Lieut. 1762, 3d Marlboro Co., Capt. Thomas How, Jr.,
Col. Ward.
118 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
south part of Marlboro on a part of the estate which had be-
longed to his father.* Was chosen warden in 1764 and selectman
in 1765, '68 and '69, and town clerk in 1769.
Children, born in Marlboro:
145 i John GottS b. 8 Feb., 1750-1.
146 ii Henry, b. 26 Oct., 1752 (N. S.).
ill Sarah, b. 22 Jan., 1755; m. in Sudbury, 14 March, 1782, Dr.
Nathaniel Gott of Wenham, Mass.; settled in Guildhall, Vt.,
and rem. to Cooperstown, N. Y. ; 1 son.
147 iv Uriah, b. 11 July, 1757.
V Abigail, b. 31 Dec, 1759; m. David Wait; res. Sterling, Mass.;
2 sons and 3 daus.
vi Persis, b. 7 April, 1762; m. Alexander Watson; res. Frankfort,
N. Y.
148 vii Edward, b. 13 June, 1764.
viii Nathaniel, b. 17 Aug., 1766; d. j.
ix Robert, b. 14 Dec, 1769; d. j.
X Anne, b. 16 Aug., 1773; m. Charles Safford; res. Lancaster, Mass.,
and d. s. p.
xi Robert Breck, b. 2 Jan., 1776; d. about 1815, in Worcester, Mass.,
unm.
54 fGEORGE*, son of Capt. SamueP and Abigail (Moore)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 17 March, 1730; died in
Southboro, Mass., 27 March, 1808; married Mary, daughter of
Ebenezer Bragg of Shrewsbury, Mass.; born 4 Jan., 1735; died
4 Feb., 1822.
George settled first on a farm in the south part of Marlboro,
which his father left him. His uncle. Col. Timothy, made him
his heir, and he came into possession of another fine farm in
Southboro, where he removed and resided until his decease. In
1774 was on a Committee of Safety to draw up a covenant of
non-consumption of British goods ;, selectman in 1774, '75 and '76;
in 1775 on a committee of 3, representing Marlboro, in the Provi-
sional Government; representative to the General Court in 1776,
'77, and '81, from Marlboro, and chosen representative from South-
boro 9 May, 1785. In one year, 1771, he lost six children by death,
and 2 the year of the dreadful epidemic, 1775. Hist, of Marlboro,
p. 186.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Phineas^ b. 25 May, 1755; d. 3 July, 1755.
ii George, b. 22 July, 1756; d. 26 Aug., 1782.
149 iii Phineas, b. 7 Oct., 1757.
* " i8 Apr., 1780 Mr. Stone and I rode together to Marlboro. I visited
our Kinsman, Lt. Uriah Brigham, where I lodged."
"19 Apr., 1780. A Storm of Rain and Snow — but I ventured to try for Home.
Sat out in y© Morning under another Disadvantage, viz., the Horse lame — got to
Captain Edmund Brigham's and dined there. Arrived safe at home about 3 P. M."
Parkman Diary.
t Colonial War Record: 26 April, 1757, with Col. Abe Williams from Marlboro.
FOURTH GENERATION 119
iv Timothy, b. II Feb., 1759; d. 6 Jan., 1804, unm., in Southboro.
V Louisa, b. 27 Sept., 1760; d. 18 Sept., 1771,
vi Ashbel, b. 3 March, 1762; d. 27 Sept., 1771.
vii Mary, b. 18 Dec, 1763; d. 27 Aug., 1771.
viii Thankful, b. 7 May, 1765; m. Capt. Daniel Brigham, 162.
ix Zerviah, b. 6 Apr., 1767; d. 11 Sept., 1771.
X Samuel, b. 27 Jan., 1769; d. 1 Sept., 1771.
xi Stephen, b. 7 Jan., 1771; d. 3 March, 1771.
150 xii Ashbel Samuel, b. 2 March, 1772.
xiii Mary Louisa, b. 6 May, 1773; d. 2 Sept., 1775.
xiv Stephen, b. 8 Aug., 1774; d. 11 Sept., 1775.
XV Frances, b. 24 Dec, 1776; m. Nathan Brigham, son of 71.
xvl William, b. 2 April, 1779; m. Mary Graves; was mortally wounded
in the battle of Tippecanoe, and d. 8 Dec, 1811, in Vincennes,
Ind., s. p.
xvii Infant, d. unnamed.
55 DOROTHY* (Morse calls her "Dorotha "), daughter of
Lieut. Jedediah^ and Bethiah (Howe) Brigham; born in Marl-
boro, Mass, 2 March, 1721; died 4 Sept., 1796; married, 25 Jan.,
1738-9, Thomas, son of Thomas and Rebekah (Perkins) Howe;
born in Marlboro, 20 June, 1716.
Children (Hoice), born in Marlboro:
i SibyF, b. 29 May, 1740; d. 23 July, 1823; m. Peter Wood from
Concord to Marlboro; J. P. and prominent man, who d. 5 March,
1820. Ch. (Wood):
1 Dorothy^; 2 Thomas; 3 Martha; 4 Anna; 5 Moses; 6
Jedediah.
ii Fiske, b. 23 June, 1741; m. Lydia Bigelow of Shrewsbury, Mass.,
dau. of 78.
iii Antipas, b. 16 April, 1745; m. Catherine Tainter; moved to
Princeton, Mass. Ch.:
1 Catherine'.
iv Artemas, b. 11 March, 1747; moved to Templeton.
V Francis, b. 26 June, 1750; d. 28 Feb., 1833; m. Mary Hap good;
res. Marlboro. Ch.:
1 Joseph'^; 2 Francis; 3 Lewis; 4 Ezekiel; 5 Thomas; 6 Polly;
7 Lucy; 8 Lydia; 9 Lambert; 10 Abigail.
56 SOLOMON*, son of Lieut. Jedediah^' and Bethiah (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass, 25 May, 1723; died there,
1 Feb., 1807; married (1), 1 Aug., 1754, Martha Boyd; married
(2), Sally , who died 16 Jan., 1797. He settled near Fel-
tonville in Marlboro where his grand-son, Charles® Brigham, long
resided; was selectman, 1777; overseer of the poor, 1779 and
'80; grand jury-man, 1782.
Children, born in Marlboro: ^
151 i Lovewell", b. 1 Dec, 1754
ii Bethiah, b. 31 July, 1756; d. 24 Aug., 1848, unm., ae. 92.
iii Charles, b. 20 Aug., 1758; d. y.
120 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
! iv Timothy, b. 22 Nov., 1760; d. 15 Nov., 1811, unm.
V Artemas, b. 24 Jan., 1763; d. y.
152 vi Ivory, b. 30 April, 1765,
57 FRANCIS*, son of Lieut. Jedediah^ and Bethiah (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 13 Aug., 1725; died about
1810 (see N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., vol. 29, p. 69); married Phebe,
daughter of Jabez and Phebe (Eager) Ward; born in Marlboro,
22 Nov., 1730; died in Nevr Marlboro, Mass., about 1800. He
was a first settler in New Marlboro, and kept a public house during
the Revolution.
4
Children, born in New Marlboro:
1 Lucretia^ m. Jonathan Harmar of N. M. Ch. (Harmar) (Morse
says "Harman"), b. N. M.:
1 Jonathan^; 2 William; 3 Lovisa; 4 Origen; 5 Belinda.
153 ii Artemas.
iii Origen, M. D., d. about 1812, s. p.; m. Eleanor Soule; he was a
physician and surgeon in the Revolution; was the leading
physician in Schoharie, N. Y., where he died; original member
of the Society of the Cincinnati; was Surgeon's mate with Warner
in Bailey's 2d Regt., in 1781.
iv Clarissa, m. Hathaway, and res. in Vermont.
V Candace, m. Seth Norton; res., s. p.. New Marlboro,
vi Jedediah, d. Vernon, N. Y., 1835; m. Olive Clark. Ch., b. Vernon:
1 Candace^; 2 Emma; 3 George; 4 Henry Augustus, a lawyer
in Western N. Y.
vii Catherine, m. Maj. Jonathan Chapman; res. Chatham, N. Y.;
o. s. p.
154 viii John, b. 1767.
ix Francis, d. unm., Syracuse, N. Y.; res. Vernon, N. Y.
X Sophia, d. unm., at Westfield, N. Y., about 1841.
58 LUCY*, daughter of Lieut. Jedediah^ and Bethiah (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 15 May, 1727; died in Berlin,
Mass., 14 May, 1778; married Col. Silas Bailey of Berlin, where
he died, 30 Oct., 1793, ae. 70. He was a plucky patriot,* and
interested in Shay's Rebellion; married (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Rice)
Brigham, widow of Capt. Paul Brigham, 82, of Marlboro, and
married (3) Catherine, daughter of Eleazer Howe of Marlboro.
Children {Bailey), by first marriage, born in Berlin:
i Lieut. Timothy*, b. 9 Feb., 1749; killed in the Revolution, 1780;
m. Martha Rice, and left small family,
ii Bertha, b. 4 Oct., 1752.
iii Major Silas, b. 22 July, 1756; res. Northboro, where d. 3 Oct.,
1840; m. Lavinia Bartlett. Ch.:
1 Timothy'^; 2 Silas; 3 Holloway; 4 Calvin; 5 Levina; 6 Lewis;
7 Lucy; 3 d. y.
*"ii Nov., 1780 At eve Col. Silas Bailey here, returning from Rhode
Island, his son Timothy dyed there & is buryd." — Parkman Diary.
FOURTH GENERATION 121
iv Lucy, b. 6 Jan., 1759; m. Jabez Fairbanks, who was grandfather
of Col. Silas Fairbanks of Hudson, Mass.
V Amherst: b. 27 July, 1761; d. in BerUn, 9 Nov 1830; m. Lydxa
Barnes of Bolton, Mass.; he had the homestead^ Ch.:
1 Lucy'; 2 William; 3 Persis; 4 Sarah; 5 Calvm; 6 Hannah,
7 Zilpah; 8 Lucinda; 9 d. y.
vi Calvin, b. 3 Jan., 1763.
50 ^STEPHENS son of Lieut. Jedediah^ and Bethiah (Howe)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., "2 Nov., or 11 Feb.," 1732
(Marlb. Hist.); died in Princeton, Mass., 17 April, 1821; marned
4 Jan., 1757, Betsey, daughter of Col. John and Dinah (Keyes)
Weeks, born in Marlboro, 26 Jan., 1736; died 6 Sept., 1787-
Moved to Princeton, where was one of the earliest planters.
Children, born in Princeton:
'" U B^yXtYlClfm, d. 1840; m. .. Ma.ch., 1.9., Jonath.n
Newton; res. Alstead, N. H. Ch. (Newton): , ^ ^ ^
1 Asa'; 2 Silas, who had the homestead; 3 Joel; i Betsey.
156 iii Stephen, b. 9 Aug., 1762.
157 iv Abner, b. 31 May, 1764.
158 v Asa, b. 2 June, 1767.
''' ^ ^^9f^"i^:!'^- ^8 Aug., 1843; m. 2 Nov., 1806, Samuel
Russell; res. E. Sudbury, Mass. Ch. (Russell):
1 Reuben', b. 23 April, 1808; d. s. p. m St. Louis 20 Aug.,
1849; moved West; m. Jane Patterson of Circleville, O.
2 Abbi b. 21 April, 1810; m. 28 March, 1857, Dea. Waldo Win-
ter; res. Clinton, Mass.
3 Sarah, h. 8 Nov., 1811; unm.
Other ch. names unknown.
160 viii Silas, b. 12 Aug., 1776.
ix Lydia, m. Nov., 1796, EUjah WUd. , ^ . . _ .,, M««
X Persis, m. 15 May, 1796, John Whitcomb, b. in \^^'^^'f''^^2^
6 May, 1770; drowned, W. Boylston, Mass., 11 Sept., 1820, she
d. in Ware, Mass., 1830; res. Princeton Ch. (Whitcomb) :
1 Sally', b. 21 March, 1797; m. (1) OUver Nash; m. (2) Ehjah
Kennon; had a family by each m.; res. Medford Mass.
2 Persis, b. 17 May, 1799; d. in Barre, Vt., 1872; m. Henry
Keyes; 4 sons and 1 dau.
3 Betsey, h. 1601; d. 1883.
I John A., b. 14 Sept., 1803; d. in Boston, 1851; m. Carohne
Pierce; 6 sons and 1 dau.
5 Lydia, b. 2 Jan., 1806; d. in Boston, 1863; m. Thomas Ayer
of Boston; 2 daus. and 1 son.
161 xi Aaron, b. 13 March, 1781.
60 tWINSLOW*, son of Lieut. Jedediah^ and Bethiah (Howe)
Briffham; born in Marlboro, Mass., SO Aug., 1736; died there 29
'Colonial War Record: i757, ^d Marlboro Co.. Capt. J. Peeks' Train Bana
^cTnial War Record: Private 1756. CapL Howe. ,5 weeks x day- J" C°'„
Willard's Regt., Crown Point. i757. Private 2d Marlboro Co.. Capt. J. Weeks irain
Band.
t History of Marlboro, p. 377-
122 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Aug., 1791; married 29 July, 1760, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel
Harrington of Marlboro (whose great-grandfather was a proprietor
of Watertown); born in Marlboro, 20 March, 1737; died 25 Oct.,
1815.
Morse says : " Winslow was an uncommon man and a dis-
tinguished citizen. Up to the time he came upon the stage, the
municipal affairs of Marlboro from the first, had been, in a great
degree, managed by the Brighams, although they had constituted
only a fraction of her numerical population ; but during the eventful
period of our Revolutionary struggle, he and his namesakes seem
to have had almost the entire control." . . . Apparently no
vigilance committees were organized " until the last year of the'war,
when, with a new settler, arrived a spirit of jealousy or rivalry, and
every Brigham, save one, was displaced from office ; and he who had
held the highest in the town was insulted with the lowest and a com-
mittee of vigilance and correspondence chosen. But this overturn
lasted but one year. The Brighams were re-elected, and Winslow
again chosen town clerk and selectman, in which offices he had
served the preceding ten years and he was continued for years after-
wards as selectman." He was town clerk, 1770-'80-'82 ; assessor;
1769-'73-'77-'81-'82-'84.-'86-'88; Rep. to General Court, 1783-'84;
delegate Constitutional Convention, 1779; selectman, 1770-'80-'82-
'84-'86-'88-'89-'91.
He resided on the homestead of his great-grandfather, and carried
on the tannery. Aug. 4, 1791, he made his will. He provided with
great care for his wife, Elizabeth, " so long as she remains my
widow." His daughters, Lucy Brigham and Elizabeth Barnes, were
each to receive money to be paid by their brothers, Daniel and
Jedediah. His sons, Aaron, Artemas, Amariah, and John Winslow,
were each to have money to be paid by the same, and h© expressed
a desire that John Winslow should have a liberal education. " To
Daniel and Jedediah he bequeathed all his real and most of his
personal property. Daniel was to have the Indian pasture of 34
acres, the tan-yard of one acre; and Jedediah the remainder of his
lands and buildings, and to be sole executor."
Children, born in Marlboro:
162 i DanieP, b. 25 Dec, 1760.
163 ii Aaron, b. 22 Nov., 1762.
iii Jedediah, b. 5 Jan., 1765; d. 3 Sept., 1766.
164 iv Jedediah, b. 15 Sept., 1766.
165 v Elizabeth, b. 5 March, 1769.
vi Amariah, b. 30 May, 1771 ; d. Feb., 1798, unm., in Conn,
vii John Winslow, b. 10 Jan., 1774; d. Norfolk, Va., Aug., 1826;
m. 1793, Hannah Lewis, b. in Wellfleet, Mass., 17 June, 1774; d.
7 May, 1801, in Boston; he was a sea-captain. Ch.:
FOURTH GENERATION 123
1 Mary Ann\ b. May, 1794; d. Nov., 1821, umn. r;^
2 Hannah, d. before 1801.
3 John Winslow, d. before 1801.
4 Helen, d. before 1801.
166 viii Artemas, b. 13 May, 1776.
167 ix Lucy, b. 28 June, 1779.
X Lydia, b. 7 Jan., 1782; d. 7 Aug., 1784.
61 BETTYS daughter of Jotham3 and Abigaa BrigW; W
in Marlboro, Mass., 15 Nov., 1719; married, 23 Feb., 1741 4^
Jonathan, son of Joseph and Sarah (Ho.e) Straiten; bom m
Marlboro, 28 Dec., 1714; died 10 Aug., 1758.
^«TronSr:.^r™ept"?^r'^: 10 Sep. "... A^Sa", -„. 0.
U Betlff :i ip1r.';« '""*• sept, "«. WUUa. BH..a., ,.
!: r;±,,v"3o^^e?-/ rL^crtj-aa. ». «.
V Lucy, b. 4 Dec, 1750; d. 1 AprU, 1771.
vi Aaron, b. 6 Sept., and d. 19 Oct., 1753.
62 ABRAHAMS son of Jotham^ and Abigail Brigham ; born in
Marlboro, Mass., 25 Feb., 1720-1; died 10 Nov., 1788; earned 26
Feb, 1752, Phebe Martin, who died 17 Jan., 1806, ae. 77 years, 8
;t 23 days. He resided in Marlboro and was in the Revolution
Marched on the Lexington alarm, Capt. Wm. Brigham s Co., Col.
Jonathan Ward's Regt., service 14 days.
CMMren^orn ^^^oro^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^ ,
DaJd, son of Nathaniel Wyman of Hopkinton Mass.; b. about
me went to Marlboro, 1754; removed to Marblehead; d. in
Marlboro 3 Feb., 1838. Ch. (Wyman), one of whom (supposed
1 "^s^m b^d to death in Marlboro, 21 Nov., 1857, as. 85
{Hist, of Marlboro, p. 480).
168 il Fortunatus, b. 29 Sept., 1759. Warwick
m Anna, b. 1 March, 1763; m. Samuel Barnes; res. War^vlck.
iv Gardner, b. 30 April, 1766; d. 29 Dec, 1.79.
63 *ASA% son of Jotham^ and Abigail Brigham; born in Marl-
boro, Mass., 1 Nov., 1729; died 18 Nov., 1806; married, 13 June,
1754, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Zipporah (Brigham) War-
ren; born 31 March, 1734; died 15 Aug., 1807.
He settled in Marlboro and was assessor in 1773-4.
•Colonial War Record: Corporal from Marlboro, 26 April, i757, Capt. (Col.)
Abraham Williams' Co.
124 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Elizabeth^ b. 18 Dec, 1754; d. 3 June, 1827; m. 20 Feb., 1776,
Francis (Morse says: "Aaron," see Hist. Marlboro, p. 448), son
of Samuel and Lucy (Barnes) Stevens; b. in Marlb., 8 Feb
1749; d. 1829. Ch. (Stevens), b. in Marlb.:
1 Capt. John", b. 12 Jan., 1777; m. Mary Brigham, dau. of 162.
2 Capt. Aaron, b. 26 Jan., 1779; m. 19 May, 1806, Mary, dau. of
Capt. William Gates; was a prominent citizen of Marlb,
living in 1861. Ch.:
i William F.^ ii Lyman G., iii Loriman G.
169 il Lewis, b. 24 March, 1756.
170 ill Jotham, b. 18 Nov., 1761.
iv Hastings, b. 9 March, 1764; d. 28 Aug., 1805, unm. in Marlboro.
64 *ANTIPASS son of Jotham^ and Abigail Brigham; born in
Marlboro, Mass., 25 May, 1740; married Catherine, daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Morse) Woods; born 4 April, 1733.
Moved to St. Albans, Vt., where charter member of Congrega-
tional Church in 1803. Was in the Revolution.
Children :
i Catherine^ b. 10 Feb., 1767; d. 23 Feb., 1831; m. 14 May, 1786,
William, son of Ivory and Sophia (Banister) Bigelow; b. in
Marlboro, 8 Jan., 1764; d. there, 30 Dec, 1807. Ch. (Bigelow),
b. in Marlboro:
1 John", b. 25 Oct., 1786; d. 1824; m. 3 Sept., 1809, Hepsibah
Barnes; res. Hudson, Mass. Ch.: i John'; ii Sidney, and daus.
2 Edward, b. 18 Nov., 1788; m. Thirza Bartlett; res. Bethlehem,
N. Y. Ch.: i William'; ii Ivory; iii Stephen; iv Elijah, and
others.
3 Asa, h. 19 Jan., 1791; d. 1829; m. 4 Oct., 1809, Lucy Hap-
good; res. Concord, Mass. Ch.: i Clarence'; ii Ernest, et al.
4 Abigail, b. 11 April, 1793; m. 31 Dec, 1808, Levi, son of
Artemas Howe; b. 30 April, 1787. Ch. (Howe): Elisha',
William, and daus.
5 Jotham, b. 14 March, 1795; m. Lois Drury; went to St.
Louis, Mo. Ch.: Jotham', Windsor, and 2 daus.
6 Artemas, b. 14 Jan., 1798; d, unm., 1823,
7 Levi, b. 14 Dec, 1799; m, 13 Feb., 1823, Martha B. Howe;
res. W. Boylston. Ch.: i Francis'; ii George; iii William, and
daus.
8 Adeline, b. 1 Feb., 1802; m. 26 Sept., 1822, Ebenezer Witt.
9 Luther, b. 1 Nov., 1805; m. Hannah Tucker; res. W. Boylston.
Ch.: Elmer', and 2 daus.
10 William, b. 16 Dec, 1807; went to sea, U. S. N., and was
never heard from,
ii Abigail, b. 22 May, 1768.
iii Sabrina, b. 23 Dec, 1770; m. Daniel Rice,
iv Lucretia, b. 12 Oct., 1773.
65 ABIGAIL*, daughter of Jotham^ and Abigail Brigham; born
in Marlboro, Mass., 22 April, 1745; died 27 April, 1805; married,
_ • Colonial War Record: Marlboro, 26 April, 1757, Capt (Col.) Abraham Wil-
liams Co.
FOURTH GENERATION 125
25 Feb., 1767, Peter Bender; he di^d in Bolton, Mass., *. 87- He
married a second time.
Children (Bender), born in Marlboro: Nnrthboro
i SamueP, b. 1 March, 1768; m. a Barnard of Northboro^
ii John, b. 4 Nov., 1769; a Boston merchant; d. on voyage to »o
iii Jothatt' 19 Dec, 1771; grad. Harvard College, 1796; studied .
iv L7uLa!-b.T5 April, 1774; m. 1801, Isaiah L. Greene, a Member
V BetJe^riO Sept., 1776; m. 21 Oct., 1799, David Greenough of
Boston. ^C^ (G-enough): gomerville, Mass., 18 Dec,
' fsS"' the'no ed TcVtor ' the colossal statue of Washington,
L fr'ont of the Capitol in Washington, D. C, his greatest work;
res. Italy.
2 Dau., m. Thos. B. Curtis of Boston.
3 i)a«., m. Chas. Huntington of Boston^
4 Richard Saltonstall, also a sculptor, b. 1819, dau. m.
BUght of N. Y. ,
^SlVs^^&S'^-^l^;^;^-^ Changed
viii 'sz:::^^:^^^--^^^'^'^ --• - r " ""
i^ aS b. 18 Mky, 1787; m. Joseph Sawyer of Bolton.
GQ *WILLIAM% son of Charles^ and Mary (Peters) Brigham;
born in Grafton, Mass., 26 March, 1739; died there, 1 Aug., 1833
married, July, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Rev. So omen PrenUce o
Grafton; born there, 1 July, 1744; died 2 Feb., 1834. Her tather
was the first minister of Grafton.
MorL says that William inherited the Charles fngh am home-
stead in Grafton, which originally embraced nearly or quite the
whot tract know; as " Brigham Hill." A -l^^f f ^ ^^^^^^
his time, and a "great reader," he yet had no taste for public
o^ce or employment. He was offered a justice's commission then
a great honor^^hich he declined. He was straight, taU, and
muscular, and this is probably the original type ^^ t^^'*^^^' , ^"
::s Int " to jump over fences 5 and even 6 feet in ^e^gh^-tW
touching hand or foot; and when 90 years old would rather wa k
than ride 1 or 2 miles, and would accompHsh the distance nearly
as soon as a boy." He never took medicine, and died of old age.
Children, born in Grafton:
171 i Charles^ b. 27 July, 1769.
172 ii Susanna, b. 27 Nov., 1770. lai-r. m Tucv dau.
... r, 1 u OR Mnyr T77<^' d s. t)., 7 June, 1817; m. Lrucy, ud,u.
■ "' of'Tnl'ew Z^-^l'li G^fto';: b. U Ma,ch, KTS; • fa™,e.
of Grafton.
* Colonial War Record: Grafton. :757, Train Band, Capt. Sa,n. Warren.
126 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1T3 iv SaUy, b. 12 Sept., 1780.
174 V Persis, b. 4 Aug., 1786.
67 ANNAS daughter of Charles' and Mary (Peters) Brigham
born in Grafton, Mass., 18 March, 1745; died 11 Sept., 1831
married (1) Samuel Harrington; born in Grafton, 10 June, 1743
died 3 Oct., 1773; married (2) Henry, son of the Rev. Solomon
Prentice; had a family by his first wife, Sarah Rice; he died
in Grafton, 1781; was hotel-keeper at the " Center " (see Hist, of
Grafton).
Children {Harrington), horn in Grafton:
i Mary», b. 11 Sept., 1765; m. Martin Smith.
11 Anna, b. 29 Aug., 1767; m. Fortunatus Harrington
ill Samuel, b. 31 Aug., 1769; d. 3 Oct., 1802; m. AbigaU Putnam.
IV Joshua, b. 13 March, 1771; m. Polly Adams.
V Lucy, b. 13 July, 1773; m. Parley Goddard.
Child {Prentice), horn in Orafton:
vl Charles, b. 21 Aug., 1781; d. s. p.; m. Widow Elizabeth (Case)
Mernam, who d. 1851; was town clerk of Grafton, 1836-53:
selectman and assessor, 1852-53.
r-a
68 PERSIS*, daughter of Charles^ and Mary (Peters) Brig^
ham; born in Grafton, Mass., 4 Jan., 1755; died about 1780; mar-
ried, 1775, Lieut. Noah B., son of Capt. Aaron Kimball; born in
Grafton, 19 May, 1756; died 21 Aug., 1806; was at the "Lexing-
ton Alarm" in company commanded by his father; was selectman
and on the school-committee in Grafton; (he married [2]. 12 Dec.
1782, Mary Chase, by whom probably Betsey, Anna, and Persis)!
Children {Kimhall), horn in Orafton:
i Capt. 01iver^ b. 9 May, 1776; d. 31 March, 1819; m. (1) Hannah
, b. 1787; d. 29 April, 1809; m. (2) Catherine ,
b. 1786; d. 13 Sept., 1819; a prominent merchant of Grafton
and Westboro; representative, etc. Ch.:
1 Mary"; 2 Hannah; 3 Noah; 4 Hannah; 5 Charles; 6 Cath-
erine; 7 Oliver.
11 PoUy, b. 7 Aug., 1779; d. 11 Dec, 1850; m. Daniel Cook of
Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Cook):
1 Persis''; 2 Mary; 3 Elizaheth; 4 Nancy; 5 Laura; 6 Oliver.
FIFTH GENERATION
FIFTH GENERATION
69 MOSES^, son of Lieut. Nathan* and Dina (Rice) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 2 Jan., 1722; died in Westboro, Mass., 3
Dec, 1769; married 2 May, 1749, Mehetabel, daughter of Joseph
Grout of Westboro, Mass.; who died 30 Aug. 1795.
" The house which he occupied is the one now standing on East
Main street, owned by George A. Ferguson. This, more than a
hundred and twenty-five years ago, had received the usual addition
for the married son's accommodation. The immense chimney with
three flues is of brick, which was manufactured very early in the
young town's history, from the ' clay lands ' in Marlboro, South-
boro, and Northboro. This house was built by Moses Brigham, and
here he brought his bride, Mehetabel. She was a member of the
Grout family, and her wooing by young Brigham caused many
heart-burnings and wild frenzies of jealousy to the daughter of his
stepmother. One evening, when she knew that he planned to ride
over to see Mehetabel, she slipped out to the stable and hamstrung
Selim, his favorite horse. Moses Brigham lived here until his
death ; then his son-in-law, Jonathan Forbes, took possession of
the north end, and the widowed Mehetabel lived in the south end.
It remained in the possession of the Forbes family until 1870. It
has the usual curiosities of the carpentry of those days, one of the
doors — that from the sitting-room to the kitchen — having dim heart-
shaped panes of glass set in the upper half." — The Hundredth
Town.
He was surveyor in 1757; tythingman in 1760; and constable in
1762.
Children, horn in Westboro:
175 i Sarah«, b. 18 April, 1751.
176 ii Moses, b. 31 May, 1753.
177 Hi Phineas, b. 23 July, 1755.
178 iv Mehetabel, b. 31 Jan., 1758.
179 V Ebenezer, b. 3 March, 1761.
vi Mary, b. 27 July, 1764; m. Amasa Braman, M. D. ; res. Sutton.
180 vii Joseph, b. 23 Sept., 1766.
70 ELIZABETH% daughter of Lieut. Nathan* and Dina (Rice)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 18 Dec, 1725; married Capt.
Jedediah Fay, born in Westboro, Mass., 30 Jan., 1727 (.''). They
resided in Ashford, Conn. ; he was Capt. in the French Wars and
also Deputy to the General Assembly.
129
ISO THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children (Fay), born in Ashford:
i JedediahS b. 21 April, 1760.
ii Elizabeth, b. 29 April, 1762.
iii Ephraim Brigham, b. 7 June, 1764.
iv Nathan, b. 2 March, 1768.
71 *CAPT. NATHAN^ son of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth
(Ward) Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 13 March, 1730-1;
died there, 9 Feb., 1806; married (1), 6 Feb., 1751, Martha Glea-
son; and married (2), 15 June, 1769, Mary Hudson, who died his
widow, 16 Dec., 1825, ae. 82.
Morse's account of this noted Indian fighter is as follows : " He
was a Lieut, in the first French War and a distinguished officer.
In the service he became warmly attached to Capt. Thomas Gage,
afterwards Gen. Gage. To avenge the massacre at Fort William
Henry, he and a party volunteered, under the command of Capt.
Rogers, to penetrate into Canada, attack and burn the town of St.
Francis, and retreat. Having accomplished the task, they were
pursued and overtaken by the Indians, who killed and scalped 30
of their number. The remainder fled into the wilderness, and for
the most part perished. Of the few who lived to return was Lieut.
Brigham, whose deeds of valor were eulogized in ballads. He set-
tled in Southboro, one-half a mile east of the meeting-house.
Among other town offices he was chosen one of a committee to ' seat
the meeting' in 1778; and one to revise the constitution reported
to the towns, in 1786, for their consideration."
The male line is extinct.
Children, born in Southboro:
i Nathan«, b. 30 July, 1772; d. 91 Feb., 1839; m. Frances, dau.
of 54. He resided in Southboro. Ch., b. there:
1 Mary Mills'', b. 22 July, 1805; d. 15 Aug., 1811.
2 Susanna Maria, b. 5 April, 1807; m. Lincoln Brigham, 432.
ii Thomas Gage, b. 20 March, 1774; d. 6 Oct., 1775.
iii Mary, b. 21 Dec, 1775; d. s. p., 2 March, 1853; m. (third wife)
Ebenezer Brigham, 195.
iv Sarah, b. 25 Sept., 1778; d. unm., 17 March, 1840.
V Martha, b. 19 June, 1781; d. unm., 11 July, 1805.
vi Ephraim, b. 9 Aug., 1784; d. unm., 1 Feb., 1848.
72 HEPSIBAH% daughter of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth
(Ward) Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 1 June, 1732; died in
Corinth, Vt., 27 Dec, 1815; married, 21 March, 1748, Col. John
Taplin (whose father's name was Mansfield " Tapley," but all his
children save one changed the name to " Taplin "), born in Charles-
town, Mass., 1726; died in Corinth, 9 Nov., 1803.
'Colonial War Record: Lieut. Capt. Taplin, 1759; Lieut. " to westwards," 1760;
Capt., 1761; Capt., 1763; presents bill, £7 12s 6d.
Judge Elijah Brigham (99)
.7^"^i»^^ytr;
HV
Forbes (Moses" Brigham) Homestead
In Westboro, Mass.; built before 1764
FIFTH GENERATION 131
He raised a Southboro Co. and served in the Revolution from
March, 1775, to March, 1776, in Col. Bagley's Regt. Was also out
in 1758, '59, 1760, '6l at Fort Cumberland, N. S., as "Col." He
was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Gloucester Co., N. Y.
(comprising half of the present State of Vt.), in March, 1770.
Was an original proprietor of the town of Corinth and Repre-
sentative in 1780 (Vide Well's Hist, of Newbury, Vt., and O'Cal-
lahan's Doc. Hist of N. Y.).
Children (Taplin), born in Corinth:
1 John', b. 14 July, 1749; d. in Montpelier, Vt., 20 Nov., 1835;
had 21 children (see Thompson's Hist, of Montpelier, Vt.).
ii Brigham.
iii Hepsibah.
iv Elisha.
v Mansfield, b. 1754,
vi William, b. 1755; d. 17 Feb., 1806.
vii Nathan, d. 7 July, 1824, se. 73.
viii Gouldsburn, b. 1758; d. 16 Nov., 1862.
ix Polly, m. Robert LoveweU.
X Hepsibah, m. Zaccheus Lovewell.
xi Johnson, b. 1 July, 1766; d. about 1848.
73 CAPT. EDMUND^ son of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth
(Ward) Brigham, born in Southboro, Mass., 12 Aug., 1733; died in
Westboro, Mass., 29 June, 1806; married (1), 2 Nov., 1757, Sarah,
probably daughter of Samuel Lyscom, born 27 Dec, 1734; died
27 May, 1769; married (2), Elizabeth Bevel, of Marlboro, born
1740; died in Westboro, 11 May, 1825; she was brought up by Mrs.
Ruth Ward, who became the second wife of Joseph Brigham of
Marlboro, and lived in the old house, still standing, and occupied
by Miss Martha L. Ames; it was in this house that Elizabeth Bevel
was married.
Capt. Edmund was also deacon; he settled near Chauncey Pond
in the northeast part of Westboro, and was an important citizen.
He was warden in 1774; member of a committee of vigilance and
correspondence, '77 and '78; selectman, '79, '87, '88, '91, 93. Was
also Captain of the Company of Minute Men who marched on the
Lexington Alarm. He took 18 men to the Northern Army, (who
each had a bounty of £9), and at the surrender of Burgoyne he
had command of a company of volunteers. Was kicked by a horse,
which incapacitated him for further service in the army. British
prisoners, destined for Boston, under charge of officers, accompanied
him on his journey home, and were encamped on his grounds for a
night, as they passed through Westboro. During the halt, a
Hessian prisoner drew a map of Capt. Brigham's fine farm as the
one he intended to draw for his service in conquering the country.
This map was discovered, about 1800, by a citizen from the vicinity
of Westboro, hanging upon the wall of an inn in Germany, and
132 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
recognized. Up to this time, his descendants have failed to find
the grave of this Revolutionary hero * He is mentioned several
times in the Parkman Diary.
His will, allowed 2 Sept., 1806, is as follows:
In the name of God, Amen. I, Edmund Brigham of Westboro
in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Gentleman, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being
weak in body, yet am of sound and disposing mind & memory,
(blessed be God therefor), do this ninth day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & four, make &
ordain this my last will & Testament in manner and form following,
that is to say.
First & above all, I commit my soul to God, in hope of acceptance
through the righteousness of an all-sufficient Saviour, and my body
to the earth to be decently buried in a christian-like manner, at the
discretion of my executors, nothing doubting, that at the general
resurrection my soul and body will be united: And touching such
worldly estate "as God in his Providence has been pleased to bestow
upon me, I would and do dispose of it as follows viz. Imprimis, I
give unto my dearly beloved wife, Betsey Brigham, the use & im-
provement of the easterly room in my now dwelling house in West-
boro aforesaid, & the chamber over said room, (reserving a privil-
edge for my daughter Betsey Brigham to make it her home in said
part of said house untUl her marriage) and the priviledge of doing
her work in the kitchen, cheese room and cellar of said house as
shall be convenient for her, with liberty of using the aqueduct
water in said house, and to pass and repass to & from the well to
use that water at any and all times and liberty to pass and repass
to & from all parts of said house as shall be necessary in order to
perform her washing, baking & all other necessary work, so long
as she shall remain my widow. I also give & order my executors
to deliver unto my said wife, four bushels of rye meal, six bushels
of Indian meal. Seventy-five pounds of pork, Seventy-five pounds
of beef, one bushel of salt, twelve pounds of tallow, ten pounds of
flax, & five pounds of sheeps wool, all the aforesaid articles to
be of good quality and to be delivered at my said house yearly and
every year so long as she shall remain my widow, and I also give
unto her seven dollars in money, to be paid her by my executors
yearly and every year, so long as she shall remain my widow, also
a sufficient quantity of firewood for her use, to be brought to said
house and cut fit for her fire; also cyder, beer, apples and all sorts
of sauce which she may need, & to be carried to meeting & else-
• Early in the 'seventies Mr. Hosea W. Brigham of Winchester, N H a great-
grandson, saw Capt. Brigham's gravestone in the old cemetery m Westboro. It
should be found and restored.
FIFTH GENERATION 133
where in a carriage as she may require, by iny two sons Pierpont
& Dexter Brigham so long as she remains my widow;
And I also give and bequeath unto my said wife & to her Heirs
&, assigns forever, all my household furniture & two good cows, &
the said two cows, or other two instead thereof, to be kept for her
during the time she remains my widow, at the expence of my two
sons aforesaid, and in case my said wife should be sick & infirm
while she remains my widow, my two said sons, Pierpont & Dexter,
are to provide for her a nurse & Doctor at their expence, and in
case of her decease while she is my widow, my two said sons are
to give her a decent christian burial; furthermore, in case my said
wife should intermarry after my decease, & providentially, again
be left a widow, my will is, that she may return to my said house
if she shall choose so to do, and in that case, it is my desire & will
that my two said sons Pierpont & Dexter shall provide & do for
her in all respects as they are above directed & ordered to provide &
do for her while she remains my widow.
Item, I give unto my sons Edmund Brigham, Roger Brigham,
Samuel Brigham and Lyscomb Brigham, all my wearing apparel
to be equally divided amongst them, and they to make the division
if possible, otherwise, my desire is, that they choose a man, or men
to divide it for them, whose determination shall be final.
Item, I give unto my grandchildren born of my daughter Hep-
zibah Brigham, deceased, & late wife of Capt. Antipas Brigham,
unto each and everyone of them that shall be living at my decease,
one dollar, to be paid when the youngest shall arrive at the age
of twenty-one years, this together with what I have heretofore
given my said daughter, I consider as their portion of my estate.
Item, I give unto my daughter, Sally Read, (wife of Daniel
Read), fifty dollars, to be paid in four years after my decease.
Item, I give unto my daughter Betsey Brigham, one good cow,
& one hundred dollars, to be paid in one year after my decease, I
also give her a priviledge of living in that part my said house,
the improvement of which is given to my said wife, and this privi-
ledge reserved in that article as aforesaid, and this priviledge to
be enjoyed by said Betsey, untill her marriage, & if my Sd. wife
shall die or marry, Sd. Betsey shall improve the priviledges in and
about said house, as given to my Sd. wife, till Sd. Betsey shall
marry.
Item, I give unto my son Eli Brigham Four hundred dollars, one
moiety thereof to be paid in two years after my decease, and
the other moiety thereof in three years after my decease, and I
give him the priviledge of making my said house his home for the
purpose of depositing his clothes &c untill his marriage, but not
in that part to be improved by my said wife & daughter.
134 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Item, I give unto my two said sons Pierpont Brigham & Dexter
Brigham, and to their heirs and assigns forever, all my right which
I have in the cedar swamp which lays in common & undivided with
my brother Nathan Brigham and the heirs of my brother Elijah
Brigham deceased, & myself, and also an eight acre right in the
common lands, (which right was given me by my father in & by
his last will & testament) together with all the remainder of my
estate, both real and personal (which is not herein otherwise dis-
posed of) to be equally divided between them, excepting my four
wheel carriage and harness, which I give to my said son Pierpont,
they paying all my just debts, funeral charges & legacies aforesaid,
and providing for my said wife (their mother) everything as is
given and secured to her in the former part of this will equally
between them : but my desire and will is, that the real estate afore-
said, shall not be subjected to a division between them untill my
said son Dexter shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, and if
at any time there should, (unhappily and contrary to expectation)
any dispute arise between said Pierpont & Dexter, respecting a
division of the real or personal estate, or both, herein given to them,
and they cannot agree to divide the same, my will and direction ex-
pressly is, that such disputes shall be decided by three impartial
inteligent men, known for their probity and good understanding,
two to be chosen by my two said sons, each having the choice of one,
& the third by those two, which three men, thus chosen, shall
make such division, and when made, shall be, to all intents & pur-
poses as binding on the parties as if it had been made by any legal
process whatsoever.
Finally, I constitute and appoint my two said sons Pierpont
Brigham and Dexter Brigham, the executors of this my last Will
& Testament hereby revoking & disannulling all former wills &
bequests by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, the day
and year first above written.
Edmund Brigham. (Seal.)
Signed, sealed, published & declared by the said Edmund Brig-
ham to be his last will & testament. In the presence of
Nahum Gale
Samuel Bellows
Andrew Peters.
Children (by first wife), born in Westboro:
181 1 Edmund', b. 19 Oct., 1758.
ii Hepsibah, b, 29 July, 1760; m. Antipas Brigham, 106.
182 iii Roger, b. 28 Feb., 1762.
183 iv Samuel, b. 6 Dec, 1763.
184 V Sarah, b. 15 March, 1765.
vi Elizabeth, b. 2 Dec, 1766; d. 20 Oct., 1785, unm.
FIFTH GENERATION 135
185 vii Lyscom, b. 19 May, 1769.
Children, by second wife:
186 viii Pierpont, b. 16 Sept,, 1780.
187 ix Betsey, b. 7 May, 1782.
188 X Eli, b. 31 July, 1784.
189 xi Dexter, b. 25 May, 1786.
74 *CAPT. WILLIAM^ son of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth
(Ward) Brigham, born in Southboro, Mass., 8 April, 1735; died in
Marlboro, Mass., 20 April, 1793, of the small-pox; married (1), 4
Sept., 1759, Rebecca Ball, who died 14- Dec, 1768; married (2),
Lydia Chamberlain of Westboro, Mass., who died 8 Feb., 1793;
SB. 49 of the small-pox.
He resided near Gates Pond in Marlboro, and was tythingman
1762; warden '73; field-driver '74, and selectman '78, '82, and '85.
Was Commander of a Company of Minute-men in Col. Jonathan
Ward's regt., and marched with them on the Lexington Alarm, 19
April, 1775. His old house still stands. He was the founder of
Brigham cemetery in Marlboro.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
190 i William', b. 27 Feb., 1761.
191 ii Rebecca, b. 1 Feb., 1763.
iii Peter, b. 27 Dec, 1764; m. Bent; res. Westboro.
iv Abigail, b. 4 .March, 1766; m. 18 Jan., 1787, Paul, son of Silas
Barnes; b. 10 Oct., 1761, in Marlboro (Vide Hist, of Marl-
boro and Bigelow Family.
V HoUis, b. 4 Dec, 1768; d. ibid.
Children (by second wife), born in Marlboro:
192 vi Ephraim, b. 9 Oct., 1771.
vii Hollis, b. 14 March, 1773; d. unm., 8 June, 1837.
193 viii Willard, b. 18 June, 1775
ix Lydia, b. 29 Dec, 1776; m. Artemas Brigham, 166.
X Polly, b. 30 Jan., 1779; m. 16 Aug., 1797, Willard Howe of
Marlboro,
xi Patty (Martha), b. 22 March, 1782; m. Caleb Brigham, 293.
194 xii Sophia, b. 12 June, 1784.
xiii Dana, b. 8 June, 1787; d. unm., with lockjaw, in Cambridgeport,
Mass.
75 fEBENEZER^ son of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth (Ward)
Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 24 June, 1741 ; died ;
married Martha . Morse records that he made his will
20 Feb., 1765, giving all of his estate to his wife Martha and his
little daughter Patty, and the offer of his mare and saddle, at £13,
6s.8d. to his brother Elijah. He resided in Westboro, Mass.
Child, born in Westboro;
i Patty«, b. ; d. .
* Colonial Wars: Southboro Train Band, Col. Tim. Brigham, 1757.
t Colonial War Record: Priv. Capt. Maynard, 1759; also with Col. Williams.
136 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
76 ELIJAH^ son of Lieut. Nathan* and Elizabeth (Ward)
Brigham; born in Southboro^ Mass., 5 Sept., 1743; died there, 8
Jan., 1804; married, 7 Jan., 1768, Ruth, daughter of Ezra and
Abigail (Trowbridge) Taylor of Southboro; born 9 March, 1747;
died 10 April, 1831.
Morse gives the story of his life substantially as follows: He
resided on the homestead of Lieut Nathan in the west part of
Southboro, and was a very distinguished citizen. Was chosen a
member of the Provincial Congress that met at Watertown, 31 May,
1775; was one of a committee in 1778 to report on a proposed con-
stitution for Massachusetts, and again, in 1780, to revise the consti-
tution which had been offered and rejected by the town, and
instructed to report objections proper to be adopted and returned
to the convention. The reports of this committee, of which he was
the principal member, are able, and if they were the product of
his mind, he was a reasoner and draughtsman of rare ability. He
was probably the one who was in Capt. Josiah Fay's company of
Minute-men, as Lieut., and marched on the Lexington Alarm.
From 1776 to 1812, his name was more intimately connected than
any other man's with all the important civic transactions of South-
boro. He served about 30 years as selectman, represented the
town in the General Court 6 years during 1789-1800, as often as
they voted to send.
Children, born in Southboro:
195 1 Ebenezer', b. 5 April, 1768.
ii Fanny, b. 12 Sept., 1769; m. PauP Brigham, 211, and res. St.
Albans, Vt.
196 iii Sylvester, b. 16 Jan., 1771.
197 iv Dinah, b. 5 Nov., 1772.
v Persis, b. 7 Aug., 1774; d. 8 June, 1829; m. Ashbel Samuel
Brigham, 150.
198 vi Elijah, b. 19 July, 1776.
199 vii Trowbridge, b. 17 Sept., 1778.
200 viii Lincoln, b. 17 June, 1780.
201 ix Hepsibah, b. 7 May, 1782.
X Lavina, b. 26 Dec.,'l784; d. 23 July, 1786.
xi Nancy, b. 11 Dec, 1786; m. (1) Levi Ward, who d. s. p., in
Westboro, 1836; m. (2) Jotham, son of Josiah Bartlett of South-
boro; b. 7 April, 1783.
202 xii Martha, b. 6 June, 1790.
203 xiii Taylor, b. 29 April, 1793.
77 *AARON^, son of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 17 March, 1720; made his vdll 8 Sept.,
1768; married (1), Dec, 1740, Elizabeth, daughter of Js. Brown;
she died at Rutland Dis. probably early in 1761, ae. about 49; mar-
ried (2), in 1761, Sarah Winchester.
• Colonial War Record: Sergt. Train Band, 1757.
FIFTH GENERATION 137
Morse's account says that he settled in Grafton. The inventory
of his estate was presented 31 Oct., 1768. He made ample pro-
vision for his wife Sarah, " except paying a physician." He gave
all his lands in Grafton to his two sons Thomas and Ephraim, and
the avails of his lands in Shrewsbury, to his sons Amariah and
Moses, and authorized their guardian to sell the property. He gave
to his daughters Dorothy, Lydia, Lucy, and Rebecca, their own
mother's apparel; and he made Thomas and Elisha (or either one of
them) his executors (see Pierce's Hist, of Grafton).
Children {by first wife), born in Grafton:
i Aaron", b. 30 Aug., 1741; d. unm.
ii Sarah, b. 2 Sept., 1742; d. unm.
ill Elizabeth, b. 30 Oct., 1743; d. 4 Aug., 1760.
iv Dorothy, b. 24 Dec, 1744; d. unm.; a division of her estate was
ordered 13 July, 1769.
v Thomas, b. 7 Feb., 1745-6; d. unm.; no further reported by
Grafton records.
204 vi Ephraim, b. 2 March, 1746-47.
vii James, b. 23 Aug., 1748; d. unm.
viii Amariah, b. 3 Jan., 1749-50; d. 28 Jan., 1752.
ix Lydia, b. 6 Sept., 1753; d. unm.
X Lucy, b. 6 Dec, 1754; d. unm.
xi Rebecca, b. 22 Feb., 1756; d. 15 April, 1759.
xii Amariah, b. 18 Sept., 1757; m. twice, and d. in Millbury or
Sutton; was in the Revolution in 1775, 1777, 1778, and 1779,
short services.
xiii Rebecca, b. 26 April, 1759; m. Smith, and res. Mont-
pelier, Vt.
xiv Joseph, b. 28 April, 1761.
Children (by second ivife), born in Grafton:
XV Elizabeth, b. 19 April, 1763; d. 13 March, 1764.
xvi Moses, b. 8 April, 1765.
78 LYDIA^, daughter of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 March, 1721-22; died in Stow,
Mass., 17 March, 1748; married, 14 April, 1747, Dea. Amariah,
son of Samuel Bigelow of Marlboro; born 14 Sept, 1722; died in
Stow, 8 March, 1780; (he married [2], Sarah Eveleth of Stow, and
had sons Francis, Abel, Amariah, Levi, Elnathan, and daughter
Sarah). He was selectman, assessor, etc.
Child (Bigelow), born in Stow:
1 Lydia', b. 1 March, 1748; m. 31 March, 1767, Fiske Howe, son
of 55; b. 23 June, 1741; she inherited £133 by her Grandfather
Brigham's will, and other things if she had "heirs of her body";
moved to Templeton, Mass., where he was town treasurer, etc.
Ch. (Howe):
1 Thomas'; 2 Ephraim; 3 Lambert, who moved to Cleveland, O.
79 EZEKIEL^ son of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 Feb., 1723-4; died in Grafton,
138 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Mass., 4 April, 1788; married (1), Martha, daughter of Samuel
Bigelow of Marlboro, born 21 Oct., 1724; died 1 Aug., 1764; mar-
ried (2), Millieent Sherman, who died ae. 70. Resided in Grafton.
Children (by first wife), born in Grafton:
i Sergt. Abner^ b. 19 Feb., 1750-1; m. Molly Emerson; moved
to Hartland, Vt.; was in the Revolution, as a corporal in Capt.
Luke Drury's Co., in 1775; may have gone to Quebec under Col.
Arnold, Sept., 1775; sergeant, in 1779, under Col. J. Chase,
ii Martha, b. 23 April, 1753; m. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and
Rebecca (Parler) Leland, b. in Grafton, 1747; d. there 1828;
he was a farmer. Ch. (Leland), b. in Grafton:
1 Huldah', h. 1774; m. Asahel Warren; res. Springfield and
Weathersfield, Vt.
2 Daniel, b. 1776; m. (1) Mary Forbush; m. (2) Sally Mor-
gan; had 12 ch.; res. Weathersfield, Vt., and Barre, Mass.
3 Capt. Benjamin, b. 1779; m. Lucy Barnes; res. Boston till
1816, a mfr., then in New York and Philadelphia, where d.
1842; ch.: Benj.^ and 6 others.
205 iii Ezekiel, b. 30 March, 1755.
206 iv Isaac, b. 30 May, 1757.
V John, b. 3 July, 1759; d. unm., 25 Nov., 1839, in Oxford; in-
terred in Grafton,
vi Miriam, b. 10 March, 1761 ; m. Joseph Gallop,
vii Huldah, b. 1 Dec, 1762; m. Moses Rockwood.
Children (by second wife), born in Grafton:
viii Sarah, b. 23 Aug., 1766; m. 8 Aug., 1790, Aaron Hall of Grafton;
moved to Weathersfield. Ch. (Hall), b. in Grafton:
1 Sally\ b. 20 Nov., 1790.
2 Aaron, b. 4 June, 1793.
ix Jacob, b. 6 Dec., 1769; m. Polly Dudley; moved to Reading, Vt.
X Millieent, b. 26 Dec, 1771; d. in Weathersfield, 1814.
xi Lydia, b. 29 Sept., 1774; m. 20 May, 1811, Isaac Stone of Ward
(Auburn),
xii Anna, b. 27 Aug., 1776; d. 18 April, 1847, in Oxford, unm.
80 *ELISHA% son of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 25 Nov., 1726; died in Grafton, Mass.,
very aged; married Sarah . He resided in Grafton. The
male line is extinct.
Children, born in Grafton:
1 EUsha', b. 12 April, 1758; d. 28 Feb., 1776.
ii Charles, b. 9 Oct., 1761; d. 6 Aug., 1776.
207 iii Sarah, b. 29 AprU, 1767.
iv Molly, b. 18 March, 1769; d. 29 Aug., 1823, unm.
81 fCAPT. ITHAMAR^ son of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 6 Oct., 1729; died there, 3 May,
1784; married (1), 13 Sept., 1753, Ruth, daughter of Daniel and
* Colonial War Record: In Train Band, Capt. Warren.
^Colonial War Record: "Ensign" with Capt. Rice; Corporal First Marlboro
Co., 1757.
FIFTH GENERATION 139
Mary (Bigelow) Ward, born 20 Feb., 1732; died 29 May, 1766;
married (2), 29 March, 1768, Mary, daughter of Abraham and
Mary (Rice) Beaman, of Marlboro; born 1 Dec, 1734; died, his
widow, 13 May, 1813. He lived in Marlboro, where Alden Brig-
ham afterward resided, and was selectman in 1775, '76, '78, '79 and
'82. Probably was Lieut, in Capt. Wm. Brigham's Co., and marched
on the Lexington Alarm.
Children {by first wife), bom in Marlboro:
i Ruth% b. 17 Sept., 1756; d. unm., 20 Sept., 1797.
208 ii Ithamar, b. 7 Nov., 1758.
209 ill Daniel, b. 15 Nov., 1760.
iv Silas, b. 21 Oct., 1763; d. 27 Sept., 1838; m. Persis Stow, who
d. 31 March, 1835; he res. in Southboro and Northboro; this
line is extinct. Ch.:
1 Otis', b. 4 June, 1793; d. 3 Oct., 1813.
v Abner, b. 29 May, 1766; d. 5 July, 1766.
Children (by second wife) :
210 vi Abner, b. 21 Dec, 1768.
vii Abraham, b. 14 Nov., 1771; d. unm.
82 *CAPT. PAUL% son of Thomas* and Sarah (Stratton) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 26 March, 1737; died there, 4 June,
1777; married, 9 Aug., 1757, Eliza, daughter of Abraham and
Persis (Robinson) Rice (she married [2], Col. Silas Bailey of
Berlin); she was born 12 Oct., 1736; died 30 March, 1793. He
settled in Marlboro, where was assessor, 1775-76; selectman, '77;
on Committee of Correspondence, 1776, '77, and Representative,
1777. He marched on the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Daniel Barnes'
Co., as 2d Lieut. He is in a list of officers commissioned 25 May,
1775, and saw considerable service in that year. He was Capt. of
the 5th Co. of Col. Ezekiel Howe's Regt., commissioned 5 July,
1776.
Childen, born in Marlboro:
i Persis', b. 17 March, 1760; d. 17 June, 1760.
211 ii Paul, b. 17 June, 1761.
212 iii Samuel, b. 14 Sept., 1762.
iv Miriam, b. 9 Jan., 1764; d. 10 Jan., 1776.
213 v Thomas, b. 25 Dec, 1765.
vi Aaron, b. 7 Feb., 1768; d. 10 Oct., 1771.
vii Sarah, b. 16 Oct., 1769; d. 10 Oct., 1771.
viii Pierpont, b. 22 Nov., 1772; d. 31 Aug., 1775.
ix Eli, b. 16 Oct., 1773; d. 29 Aug., 1775.
83 fNOAH^, son of Jonathan'* and Damaris (Rice) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 24 Nov., 1734; died there, 3 Feb., 1805;
married, 5 July, 1758, Miriam Allen; married (2), 19 May, 1771,
• Colonial IVar Record: First Marlboro Co.. 1757.
t Colonial War: First Marlboro Co., 1757; Relief Fort William Henry, 1759.
140 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Martha Tomblin, who died 27 May, 1813. He was in office in
Marlboro in 1798.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
i Damaris", b. 24 April, 1759.
ii Anne, b. 25 June, 1761.
iii Matthias Rice, b. 4 Jan., 1765; m. 15 Sept., 1791, Anna Gleason.
iv Lydia, b. 28 Oct., 1767; m. 12 Oct., 1797, James Wright.
Children (by second wife), b. in Marlboro:
V Miriam, b. 30 Oct., 1772; m. 17 April, 1792, Simeon Cunningham.
Ch. (Cunningham), b. in Marlboro:
1 Miriam'', who had three children.
2 Simeon, who had ch.: Miriam*; Anna; Emma L., who m.
Rice, and had 2 ch. ; Charles.
3 Nancy, had 1 dau.
4 WilUafn L., d. unm.
5 Levy, had several ch.
6 Martha, had Harriet; Frederick; Anna; Fannie; Ellen.
7 Jonathan Brigham, m. 1836, Sarah Proctor of Gloucester,
Mass.; about 1839 he changed his name by dropping the
" Cunningham," and was known thenceforth as " Jonathan
Brigham," and under the name of " Brigham " his children
grew up and were married. Ch., b. in Marlboro: Lydia^ b.
1837; m. 1870, James Bliss, a merchant of Boston; she res.
there, a widow; Sarah, d.; Martha Washington, probably m.
Charles L. Brigham, son of 354; Mary, d. ; Frank, d. ; Wil-
liam, d.
84 *COL. TIMOTHY^ son of Capt. Jesse* and Bethiah (Rice)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., l6 Feb., 1735-6; died in North-
boro, 5 Oct., 1828, in his 93d year; married Lydia Wood, born 8
Nov., 1740.
Morse says that he inherited from his father an extensive farm
in the east part of Northboro, the value of which he lost through
the depreciation of Continental money after its sale. In extreme
old age he was supported by the town, the first instance of the kind
to be found in the history of the race. Although poor, he was re-
ceived with profound respect, and entertained with free hospitality,
wherever he called during life. In 1764 he was selectman of
Westboro; in 1777, after the division of the town, selectman of
Northboro. In 1775 he entered the Revolutionary army as Captain;
was second in command under Capt. Samuel Wood of Marlboro
of the company of Minute Men, which marched down to Cambridge
on 19th of April, 1775, and which was in the battle of Bunker Hill,
on the 17th of June following. He received .£18 from the town
for the first term of service; is supposed to have removed his
family from Northboro, soon after, and to have further served in
the field.
* Colonial War Record: Westboro Train Band, 1757; served also 1758.
FIFTH GENERATION 141
Children, probably born in Westboro, except the 3 youngest, born in
Northboro :
i Eber', b. 25 Nov., 1761.
ii Persis, b. 16 Jan., 1764.
iii Samuel, b. 14 Dec, 1765.
iv Kitte, b. 11 Dec, 1767.
V Lydia, b. 26 Dec, 1769; perhaps d. j.
vi Sally, b. 13 Jan., 1772.
vii Lewis, b. 4 Jan., 1774.
viii Nabby, b. 29 Dec, 1775.
ix Luther, b. 3 April, 1778; m. Rosomond Jones, and moved to
Waterford, Me., from Stowe, Mass. Ch.:
1 Lydia', m. Rufus Priest.
2 Mehitable.
3 Sophie, m. Abel, son of Stephen Moore from Stow.
4 Mary, m. Joseph Flint.
5 Lewis, m. Swallow,
6 Calvin, m. Ball.
7 Maria, m. Nathan Hilton.
214 X Polly, b. 15 April, 1781.
xi Betsey, b. 22 Oct., 1783.
85 *LIEUT. ARTEMAS^ son of Jesse* and Bethiah (Rice)
Brigham; born Westboro, Mass., 29 Sept., 1739; died, in a fit at
home, 25 Nov., 1802; married, Keziah, daughter of Josiah and
Thankful Rice, born Northboro, Mass., 31 Jan., 1741; died, his
widow, 27 Sept., 1806.
He inherited the homestead of his father and resided where his
grandson, Fred William Brigham resided, in the east part of North-
boro. He served in the Revolutionary War in 1775, marching on
the Lexington Alarm, and as a sergeant in 1777; the town voted
him .£18 for volunteer service. He was assessor in 1778; select-
man in 1788 and '89-
Children, the 2 eldest born in Westboro; others in Northboro :
i Jesse', b. 10 Dec, 1762; m. 18 Dec, 1782, Elizabeth Henderson.
215 ii Gardner, b. 20 Feb., 1764.
216 iii John, b. 24 May, 1766.
217 iv Henry, b. 4 Dec, 1768.
V Azuba, b. 16 July, 1771 ; d. 2 Aug., 1778.
vi Lucinda, b. 8 Feb., 1774; m. 9 June, 1793, Amos, son of Amos
and Sarah (Graves) Rice; b. in N., 7 March, 1767; d. in Belfast,
Me., Nov., 1806; moved to E. Andover, Me. Ch. (Rice), the S
elder b. in Northboro:
1 Serrer, b. 17 Aug., 1794; d. y.
2 Betsey Curtis, b. 1 Sept., 1795.
3 Lanson, b. E. A., 7 Feb., 1801.
vii Betsev, b. 26 June, 1776; d. 1 Aug., 1778.
viii Joel, h. 16 Nov., 1778; d. 28 Aug., 1779.
ix Lucy, b. 21 July, 1780; m. 1800, David Knowlton, b. 1779; d.
6 Sept., 1823; moved to N. Y. State. Ch. (Knowlton), 6 b. in
Shrewsbury; the 3 youngest in N. Y.:
* Colonial War Record: Private in Train Band, 1757.
142 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Julia Arm', b. 4 Dec, 1800.
2 Eli, b. 28 Oct., 1802.
3 Artemas Brigham, b. 15 Sept., 1804.
4 Elbridge Gerry, b. 4 Oct., 1806.
5 Abraham, b. 8 Dec, 1808.
6 Lucy Caroline, b. 3 Sept., 1811.
7 David Bacheller.
8 Marietta.
9 Harriet.
SIB X LoveU, b. 22 Oct., 1782.
219 xi Moses, b. 21 April, 1786.
86 SARAH^ daughter of Capt. Jesse* and Bethiah (Rice)
Brigham, born in Westboro, Mass., 21 Feb., 1745-6; died in North-
boro, Mass., 23 Dec, 1798; married (second wife), 15 Jan., 1767,
Dea. Seth, son of Seth and Dorothy (Robinson) Rice, born in West-
boro, 9 Nov., 1737; (married [1] Rachel Coolidge and had chil-
dren). He was deacon of the Northboro church and died there, 2
Jan., 1815.
Children {Rice), horn in Northboro :
i Sarah', b. 16 June, 1768; d. 28 March, 1844; m. Jonathan Pat-
terson of Northboro, who res. in Maidstone, Vt., and Eaton, Que.
Ch. (Patterson) :
1 Sarah', b. 16 July, 1793; m. Joel Bartlett of Northboro.
2 Sabra, b. 6 Dec, 1794; d. 10 March, 1801.
3 Isaac C, b. 15 May, 1796; d. unm., 9 Nov., 1821.
4 William, b. 3 April, 1798; m. Eliza Norcross.
5 Anson, b. 5 March, 1801; m. Maria Gilbert; res. Trumbull,
Conn.
6 Benjamin F., b. 3 May, 1803; m. Levinah Piatt; res. Trum-
bull.
7 Lawson B., b. 8 Aug., 1805; m. Savilla Dunkley.
8 David, b. 29 Jan., 1807; m. Louisa Alexander of Winchester,
N. H.; res. Boston.
9 Mary, b. 15 July, 1810; m. Harwood Proctor.
10 Sophia, b. 3 Aug., 1812; d. 3 Nov., 1841; m. Edward Proctor;
res, Franklin, Mich.
11 Rachel, b. 8 Oct., 1770; d. 22 July, 1837; m. Jotham Bartlett of
Northboro. Ch. (Bartlett):
1 Clarissa', b. 11 Feb., 1793.
2 William L., b. 21 Jan., 1796.
3 Sarah, b. 3 March, 1797; m. Nahum Eager.
4 Jotham, b. 1 Nov., 1798; d. y.
5 Uolloway, b. 15 Jan., 1800.
6 John, b. 8 March, 1801; m. Sally Munroe.
7 Lawson, b. 15 May, 1802.
8 Jonathan, b. 26 April, 1804; m. Louisa Warren.
9 Sophia, b. 29 Dec, 1805; d. 23 March, 1835; m. Stephen
W. Jeffrey.
10 Salina, b. 23 Jan., 1808; d. y.
11 Mary E., b. 26 Dec, 1812; d. 2 May, 1848; m. Abraham M.
Bigelow.
12 Franklin D., b. 24 July, 1814; m. Mary E. Munroe.
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iii Baxter, b. 4 May, 177^'; d. 28 March, 1854; m. Mary Chandler.
Ch.:
1 Harriet', b. 6 Feb., 1795.
2 Ermina, b. 29 Aug., 1798; m. Rev. Bennett Roberts.
3 Anthony C, b. 4 Oct., 1800; d. 7 April, 1832.
4 Louisa F., b. 1 Dec, 1802; d. 18 Aug., 1826.
5 Baxter, b. 30 July, 1807.
6 John, b. 1 Dec, 1811; m. (1) Susan K. Knowlton; m. (2)
Elizabeth Morse.
iv William, b. 18 Sept., 1774; d. 14 Dec, 1826; m. Lois Munroe. Ch.:
1 Israel C.\ b. 3 Nov., 1799; d. 1 Dec, 1853; m. (1) Mary E.
Munroe; m. (2) Mrs. Almira L. Davis.
2 Sarah Brigham, b. 7 Dec, 1800 ; d. y.
3 Sarah Brighavi, b. 21 Dec, 1801; d. 18 Sept., 1841; m. John
Andrews.
4 Polly, b. 9 Jan., 1804; m. Sumner Chapin.
5 Susannah, b. 1805; d. 1826.
6 William, b. 6 June, 1807; m. Lydia Wilson.
7 Lewis, b. 23 Nov., 1809; m. Susan A. Brigham, 522.
8 Reuben, b. 23 Sept., 1811; m. Harriet F. Kettell.
9 Lydia F., b. 16 Nov., 1813; m. Dana M. Clapp. '
10 Abraham M., b. 30 July, 1815.
11 Lois C, twin to Abraham; m. Jerome Wells.
12 Charles, b. 30 Dec, 1817; d. y.
13 Charles L., b. 10 Oct., 1823; d. unm., 22 Feb., 1850.
V Polly, b. 9 Feb., 1782; d. 14 March, 1852; m. Isaac Davis. Ch.
(Davis) :
1 Polly\ b. and d. 1803.
2 Adaline P., b. 4 Nov., 1804; m. John Patrick.
3 Isaac Brigham, b. and d. 1806.
4 Henry G., b. 4 Nov., 1807.
5 Isaac Brigham, b. 24 Dec, 1809; d. 1832.
6 Ann Eliza, b. 3 Oct., 1811.
7 John, b. 25 Oct., 1813; d. 1844.
8 Sarah B., b. 25 March, 1816.
9 Hannah O., b. and d. 1818.
10 Hannah G., b. 9 Nov., 1819; d. 6 March, 1850; m. Franklin
Whipple.
11 Cyrus, b. 18 June, 1822; m. Elizabeth W. Bruce.
12 Caroline G., b. 27 Sept., 1825; d. 1839. '
vi Sapphira, b. 13 Dec, 1784; d. 1 Sept., 1841; m. Maj. Oliver Saw-
yer of Berlin, Mass. Ch. (Sawyer):
1 Lewis', b. 2 Feb., 1812.
2 Oliver B., b. 5 June, 1816; m. Angeline A. Baldwin.
3 Lucy F., b. 9 Sept., 1819; d. 30 Dec, 1847; m. Stephen Sawyer.
4 Sophia B., twin to Lucy.
vii Seth, b. 25 March, 1788; m. Alice Brigham, 250.
87 WILLIAM^ son of Joel* and Mary (Church) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 20 March, 1741-2; died, ae. 80; married,
4 Sept., 1764, Betty, daughter of Jonathan and Betty (Brigham)
Stratton (61); born in Marlboro, 11 April, 1744. He lived in
Northboro, Mass., and moved to Tunbridge, Vt., also lived in
Lowell, Vt.
144 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children:
i Lydia", b. Northboro, 27 May or March, 1765; m. 3 or 8 Nov.,
1785, Dea. Moses, son of Robert Eames; b. in Marlboro, 4 June,
1763; d. 24 June, 1825. The early records spell this name with
an " E," but most of the families have dropped the " E," and spell
it " Ames." Ch. (Eames), b. in Marlboro:
1 Lewis', b. 31 Aug., 1786; d. 11 June, 1856; m. (1) 24 May, 1812,
Nancy Childs, vi^ho d. 1819; m. (2) 1821, Mehitable Forbush.
2 Lucinda, b. 11 Jan., 1789; d. unm., 20 June, 1833.
3 Nancy, b. 1 March, 1792; m. 23 July, 1809, Levi Bigelow, b.
28 Oct., 1790; d. 3 April, 1859; they had 14 ch. He was a
district school teacher, town oflQcer, rep. to the Gen. Court, and
J. P.
ii Betty, b. 19 Feb., 1767; d. y.
iii William, b. 27 Dec, 1769; d. 6 March, 1771.
iv William, b. 12 Jan., 1772.
220 V Silvanus, b. 17 Jan., 1774.
vi Betty, b. 21 Feb., 1775; although Morse says "1776," which is
probably an error, although Betty may have been b. in 1776, and
Samuel in 1777.
vii Samuel, b. 7 April, 1776; d. 12 Feb., 1859, in Ogden, N. Y,;
m. . Ch.:
1 Henry O.'', who res. Ohio.
221 viii Lucy, b. 24 March, 1778.
88 JOEL^, son of Joel* and Mary (Church) Brigham, born in
Marlboro, Mass., 5 April, 1751; died in New Marlboro, Mass.,
about 1840; married (1), 2 Jan, 1776, Katee, daughter of Col.
Cyprian and Dorothy (Howe) Howe, born in Marlboro, 28 Dec.,
1757; married (2) Polly Butler. About 1783 he moved to Madison,
N. Y., but came back to New Marlboro before his decease. He
was a Commissary in the Revolution.
Children, four probably born in Marlboro:
i Mary", b. 1776; d. y.
li Mary, b. 1778; d. y.
iii Charles, b. 1779; d. y.
iv Susan, b. 1780; d. y.
v Thankful.
vi William, b. 24 Sept., 1812; d. New Marlboro, 21 Dec, 1863; m.
24 April, 1844, Elizabeth, dau. of John, Jr., and Lucy (Lang-
don) Dodge; b. in N. M., 24 April, 1817; d. 4 June, 1856; he
was a farmer and res. N. M. Child, b. in N. M.:
1 Ellen E:, b. 19 March, 1848; m. 27 Feb., 1878, Louis M., son
of Samuel and Ursula (Day) Williams, b. in Canaan, N. H.,
17 Sept., 1851; res. Stafford, Kan., where moved from Put-
nam, Conn. Ch. (Williams), b. in Putnam: i Robert Longfellow*;
ii Elizabeth Langdon, twins, b. 8 Feb., 1879; iii Henry Trum-
bull, b. 8 Sept., 1880; iv Ursula Louise, b. 30 Dec, 1886.
vii Son, probably Henry G.
89 JONATHAN^ son of Joel* and Mary (Church) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 29 Oct., 1754; died in Mayville, N. Y.,
FIFTH GENERATION 145
26 July, 1848; married (1), 5 Jan., 1774, Lydia Stevens, born 8
May, 1758; died in Mayville, 4 Feb., 1828; married (2), Sarah
(Olds) Brigham, widow of his cousin Jonathan, 94. He resided
first in Marlboro; moved to Madison, N. Y., 1796; thence to Sher-
idan, N. Y., 1810; last to Mayville, in 1813.
Children (by first wife), all born in Marlboro, except the youngest born
in Madison:
222 i Stephen^ b. 24 Aug., 1780.
ii Susanna, b. 12 Feb., 1T83; m. 1805, Henry Titus of Augusta,
N. Y., and moved to Penfield, Ontario, in 1812, where she d.
3 Aug., 1813. Ch. (Titus) :
1 Franklin'; 2 Lysander; 3 Mary; 4 Samuel; 5 Haven; 6
William.
iii *Haven, b. 23 May, 1785; d. ; m. 19 Feb., 1809,
Eunice, dau. of Ephraim Herrick of Augusta, N. Y., who was
a soldier of the Revolution; removed with his father in 1796
to Madison, N. Y.; a tanner by trade; built the first tannery
in Sheridan, N. Y. (in company with his brother Windsor), where
settled in 1810. In 1815 built a 40-ton schooner, " Kingbird,"
which ran between Dunkirk and Buffalo, taking out his lumber
and bringing back merchandise, etc. In his later years he re-
sided s. p. in Fredonla, N. Y., in retirement.
iv*Windsor, b. 1 Oct., 1787; d. 25 July, 1835, of the cholera; he
had taken passage on a boat from Detroit to Dunkirk, N. Y., but
bad weather intervened and they were carried by the port and
he died on the passage; was interred in Buffalo in an unknown
spot; m. about 1812, Marinda Cone of Mayville, N. Y. In 1796
he removed to Madison with his father and in 1810 he settled in
Sheridan; when he went there he took a pack of 50-pound
weight of tools, provisions, etc.; in company with his brother
Haven he built the first sawmill in the place, but soon sold
out to Haven; being a carpenter he took a contract to build
the first building at Mayville, and he built the second sawmill in
Sheridan. Ch. :
1 Eliza; 2 Melissa, who m. Harrison Barker; 3 Angeline; 4
Marcia; 5 Sarah; 6 Squire; 7 Leroy, who d. y.; 8 Samuel,
who d. y.
V Lydia, b. 30 Dec, 1789; d. of apoplexy in Sheridan, 18 April,
1853; moved from Madison to Chautauqua Co. in 1810; m.
Barnabas Cook in Augusta. Ch. (Cook) :
1 Nelson"; 2 Emogene; 3 Salinda; 4 Angeline; 5 "Wartus"
or Lyanda; 6 Haven; 7 Edward; 8 Cynthia.
vi Jonathan, b. 13 Oct., 1791 ; d. unm., in Mayville, ae. 23.
vii William, b. 23 Sept., 1793; d. in Sheridan, 28 June, 1829; m.
Philatheta Farnsworth. Ch.:
1 Lydia Ann''; 2 Eunice; 3 Jonathan; 4 Edward.
viii Edmund, b. 15 July, 1796; m. (1) Lucinda Pratt, who d.; m.
(2) ; res. in Mayville, s. p.
90 JOHN^, son of Joel* and Mary (Church) Brigham; born
in Marlboro, Mass., 16 April, 1758; died in Chadwick Bay, N. Y,,
* Vide History of Chautauqua Co., p. 537
'i46 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
20 Aug., 1828; married^ in 1779-80, Abigail, daughter of James
and Abigail (Ward)* Williams of Marlboro and Rutland, Vt.,
born 26 Feb., 1764; died, in Chadwiek Bay the next day after her
husband, and they were interred in one grave at Fredonia, N. Y.
He was a soldier in the wars of 1775 and 1812. In 1790 he
moved to Fitzwilliam, N. H., and in 1795 to Madison, N. Y., and
in 1808 to Chadwiek Bay, where he took up a tract of wild land,
built a log house and opened a farm. A principal street, leading out
of Dunkirk village, and first opened by him, bears his name.f He
was a highly respected and honored citizen.
Children, the 2 eldest born in Marlboro:
233 i JohnS b. 7 Oct., 1780.
234 ii James, b. 6 Nov., 1782.
2-25 Hi Walter.
226 iv Nabby, bapt. in Fitzwilliam, 13 March, 1791.
91 SAMUEL^ son of JoeP and Mary (Church) Brigham, born
in Marlboro, Mass., 3 Dec, 1760; died 2 March., 1813; in Augusta,
N. Y.; married Phebe Davis, (dau. of Daniel, a kinsman of Gov.
John Davis), of Worcester, who married (2) Israel Rice, of Madi-
son, N. Y.; she died 9 Feb., 1843, ae. 82. He was a farmer, and
moved, about 1796, to ISIadison, N. Y.
Children, born in Paxton, Mass.:
221 i JoeP, b. 12 Sept., 1785.
ii Samuel, b. ; d. ae. about 17.
iii Phebe, b. 16 Oct., 1790; d. in Springhill, O., 27 Nov., 1855; m.
11 Feb., 1811, in Augusta, N. Y., Russell Munn; b. 17 Feb.,
1786; d. Wauseon, O., 35 Nov., 1889. Moved to Springhill, O.,
in 1854. Ch. (Munn), b. in New York:
1 Asa C.\ b. 26 June, 1813; d. 23 Jan., 1871; m. Florence
Guthrie. Ch.: i Dr. Allison% res. Crystal Lake, Mich.; ii
Celia, m. George Stores.
2 Marshall Davis, b. 22 May, 1816; d. 8 Dec, 1896; m. Elvira
Guthrie. Ch. : Coralia.
3 Phebe L., b. 15 May, 1818; d. in Toledo, O., 10 Dec, 1899; m.
1852, H. B. Williams, who d. in Toledo, 31 Dec, 1892. Ch.
(WiUiams): Phebe^ b. 29 March, 1855; m. 28 Dec, 1877, S. J.
Clark, proprietor of a job printing house in Toledo.
92 CAPT. TILLY^ son of James* and Anna (Rice) Brigham,
born in Brookfield, Mass., 6 June, 1748; died there, 17 Aug., 1808;
married Rachel, daughter of Joseph Walker of Brookfield.
He inherited a third of his father's one thousand acres in Brook-
field and also the house built 'by James in 1722, which was next
owned by JoeP. The old house was burned down a few years ago
* She was the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bigelow) Ward,
t History of Chautauqua Co.
Gershom^ Brigham House, Westboro, jNIass.
\-
Captain Tilly' Brigham House, Brookfield, Mass?""^ — -^*-^
FIFTH GENERATION 147
and the place is owned by Joseph^ Brigham. His service in the
Revolution was a little over 13 mos., beginning June 30, 1778.
Children, born in Brookfield:
i Bathsheba', b. 4 Jan., 1782; m. Joseph W. Hamilton; res. in
Brookfield. Ch. (Hamilton):
1 Cheney'', who lived in Barre, Mass.
228 ii Barna, b. 11 Nov., 1784.. l(r^£.J- f^
iii Ruth, b. 27 May, 1787; d. about 1813; m. Capt. Benjamin Bar- 'J* -^ '
rett; res. Brookfield. Ch. (Barrett), b. there:
1 Sophia A.\ m. Luther Stowell; res. Brookfield.
2 Henry P., m. Selura Tuttle; res. W. Brookfield.
229 iv Joel, b. 2 June, 1790.
V Lydia, b. 5 March, 1793; m. Proctor Sanford; res. W. Brookfield.
Ch. (Sanford):
1 Charles B.\ res. Brookfield.
2 Harriet A., m. Washington Tufts, who was station agent at B.
vi Marv, b. 3 Aug., 1796; m. Washington Hamilton; res. James-
ville^ N. Y. Ch. (Hamilton):
1 James T.'
2 George W.
3 Mary A.
4 Nancy M.
vii Fanny, b. 27 Nov., 1798; m. Daniel Holt from Western, now
Warren, Mass.; res. a retired merchant in New York. Ch.
(Holt) :
1 Sarah F.\ m. William A. Cromwell, merchant; res. N. Y. Ch.
(CromweU): i WiUiam A.», Jr. d.; ii WiUiam A., 3d., d.;
iii Mary F.; iv Maria A.
2 Maria A., d. ; m. William P. Bridgman; res., a
merchant, in N. Y. Ch. (Bridgman): i Daniel H.% d.; ii
Emily F.
viii Asenath, b. 19 March, 1801; m. John Hobbs of Brookfield, both d.
ix Salem, b. 7 Sept., 1803; d. ae. 4.
93 ELISHA^ son of James* and Anna (Rice) Brigham, born
in Brookfield, Mass., 6 Jan., 1750; died there, 8 Sept., 1808; mar-
ried Patience Walker. He inherited one third of the one thousand
acres which belonged to his father, in Brookfield. He went to war
from Brookfield, in 1777, and was at the battle of Saratoga; was
a private in Capt. Asa Danforth's Co. of Vols.
Children, horn in Brookfield:
230 i James', b. 22 Feb., 1783.
231 ii Silvanus, b. 30 July, 1785.
iii Hannah, b. 16 Dec, 1788; m. Joshua Knights. Ch. (Knights):
1 Rebecca^, d.
94 JONATHAN^, son of James* and Anna (Rice) Brigham;
born in Brookfield, Mass., 22 Oct., 175 — ; died there, Feb., 1841;
married Sarah Olds, who became the second wife of his cousin
148 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Jonathan, 89. He inherited one-third of the homestead in Brook-
field. Was in the Revolution in 1778.
Children, born in Brookfield:
i SilasS b. 3 Nov., 1774; d. 31 Jan., 1795; killed by an accident,
ii Lot, b. 13 April, 1778; m. Sally Worcester, and settled in Ver-
mont,
iii Elisha, b. 8 Nov., 1780; d. unm., probably in Richmond, N. H.
He was very fond of attending auctions and created much amuse-
ment by his purchases,
iv Sally, b. 22 Oct., 1783; m. Edward Parker; res. Brookfield.
V Catherine, b. 11 July, 1787; m. (2) Josiah 6urrows.
vi Betsey, b. 30 Sept., 1790; m. Wyman; probably res. a
while with Elisha in Richmond,
vii William, b. 7 Oct., 1793; d. in Pelham, Mass., ae. 80; m. Harriet
Hoar; res. in Pelham. Ch. :
1 George, b. 1 March, 1842; d. 5 Oct., 1887.
2 Meriva Jane, b. 1844; m. Crosby; res. 1903. Cooley-
ville, Mass.
95 *JOHN^, son of John* and Susanna Brigham; born in Shrews-
bury, Mass., 25 July, 1739; died in Phillipston, Mass., 5 Feb.,
1818; married, 12 March, 1760, Zerviah, daughter of Eleazer and
Persis (Newton) Rice of Westboro, Mass., born 11 Sept., 1741;
died in Phillipston, 10 Feb., 1818. According to Morse his father
gave him half of the Shrewsbury farm.
Children, the 3 eldest horn in Shrewsbury, the others in Phillipston :
i Miriam', b. — Dec, 1762.
ii Eunice, b. 20 March, 1766; d. in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 21 June,
1853, ae. 87; m. 12 Dec, 1787, John Cobleigh, b. 18 Dec, 1762;
res. in Fitzwilliam. Ch. (Cobleigh), b. there:
1 John\ b. 21 March, 1789; d. in Fitzwilliam 6 February, 1870.
2 Amos, b. 18 April, 1790; d. in Fitzwilliam, 19 Feb., 1824.
3 David, b. 26 July, 1791; d. in Marengo, Mich., 26 May, 1858.
4 Eunice Brigham, b. 15 Nov., 1792; d. in Bakersfield, Vt., 13
Sept., 1835.
5 Chloe, b. 6 Feb., 1801; d. in Bakersfield, 27 April, 1831.
6 Bathshebah, b. 14 April, 1803; d. in Fitzwilliam, 8 Sept., 1854.
iii John, b. 26 Dec, 1767; d. ; m. (1) ; m.
(2) Widow Susan Washburn; he moved to New York State,
probably to Malone, but no record is there. Ch. (by first wife) :
1 Eleazer''; 2 John; 3 William. Ch. (by second wife) : 4 Rox-
anah, d. ae. 4; 5 Julia.
iv Chloe, b. in Phillipston, Mass., 6 Feb., 1772; d. in Georgia, Vt.,
29 June, 1848; m. 22 Sept., 1793, Israel, son of Benjamin Joslin;
b. in KiUingly, Conn., 22 Feb., 1770; d. in Georgia, 31 Dec, 1855;
they res. in Georgia. Ch. (Joslin), b. there:
* Colonial War Record: Shrewsbury, 1757, Capt. Ward, Train Band. Shrews-
bury, 1759 se. 19) in Col. Abe Williams' Regt. for invasion of Canada. Shrewsbury,
Private, 1760, Capt. Maynard's Co. to westward, 8 mos. 21 days. Centinel, Capt.
Josiah Brown's Troop of Horse, 5 days.
FIFTH GENERATION 149
1 Serviah\ b. 13 Sept., 1794; d. in Georgia, 1867.
2 Israel, b. Aug., 1796; d. 1797.
3 Abigail, b. 15 Nov., 1797; d. in Georgia, 1847.
4 Levi, b. 10 Dec, 1799; d. in Oneida, N. Y., 1876; a lawyer.
5 Israel, b. 8 March, 1802; d. 14 April, 1871; m. Hannah
Colton. Ch.: i Edward B.«; ii Dana I. (M. D. in St. Louis);
iii Hannah L. ; iv D wight C. ; v. Mary P.; vi Ellen L.; vii
John C. ; viii Chas. W., Cairo, lU. ; ix Walter C, Cairo, 111.
6 Polly, b. 8 May, 1804; d. 11 July, 1823.
7 Infant, b. 23 March, 1808; d. 1808.
8 Benjamin Barrett, b. 27 April, 1809; d. 1851; a farmer.
9 Chloe Priscilla, b. 26 June, 1811; d. 1874.
10 Charlotte Nelson, b. 18 June, 1817.
V Susannah, b. 5 Dec, 1776.
vi Timothy, b. 17 June, 1779; perhaps went to Canada,
vii Nahum, b. 5 April, 1781 ; perhaps d. y.
i22 viii Samuel, b. 16 Jan., 1782.
ix Abigail, m. Josslyn.
96 SAMUEL®, son of John* and Susanna Brigham; born in
Shrewsbury, Mass., 1 July, 1741; died there, 28 Feb., 1836; ae. 94;
married, 1774, Rachel, daughter of Phineas Underwood of West-
ford, Mass., born, 1746; died 21 Dec., 1810, ae. 64.
Probably was a private in Capt. Job Cushing's Co. of Minute-men
which marched on the Lexington Alarm. He was admitted to the
church in Shrewsbury in 1780. According to Morse he received
iialf of his father's farm in Shrewsbury, and was sole executor of
his father's will.
Child, horn in Shrewsbury :
iJ33 i John", b. 22 March, 1788.
97 DAVIDS son of Silas* and Tabitha (Prescott) Brigham;
born in Lancaster, Mass., 4 April, 1745; died in Shrewsbury, 27
Sept., 1824, ae. 80; married (1), 21 March, 1766, Mercy, daughter
of Dea. Benjamin Maynard, who died, with her infant, 10 Nov.,
1766, ae. 22; married (2), 13 Oct., 1768, Martha Chamberlain, of
Westboro, who died 9 Aug., 1807, ae. 59; married (3), in 1809,
Hannah Marcy, of Brooklyn, Conn. He settled in Shrewsbury.
He was in Capt. Ross Wyman's (Artillery) Co., Col. Jonathan
Ward's Regt., which marched on the Lexington Alarm; in 1777j
marched on an alarm at Bennington in Capt. John Maynard's Co.,
Col. Job Cushing's Regt.
Children, born in Shrewsbury :
234 i Nathaniel*, b. 27 July, 1769.
235 ii Edmund Trowbridge, b. 9 March, 1771.
iii Mercy, b. 10 June, 1773; d. 28 Aug., 1776.
iv Prescott, b. 24 June, 1775; d. 22 Sept., 1776.
V David, b. 6 Aug., 1777; d. 26 Aug., 1880.
150 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
236 vi Prescott, bap. 16 April, 1780.
vii Martha, b. 16 March, 178:3; m. 20 Nov., 1800, Balch Dean, b.
in Dedham, MaSs., 7 March, 1775; removed to Shrewsbury and d,
there, 1857. Ch. (Dean):
1 Elizabeth', b. 31 Dec, 1801; d. s. p. in Worcester, ;
m. 6 June, 1827, James Harvey Gerald, probably of Wrentham ;
her mother res. with her.
237 viii Mercy, b. 21 March, 1784.
238 ix David, b. 15 Aug., 1786.
X Ebenezer, b. 28 April, 1789; d. 14 Sept., 1861. Morse tells us
that in 1814 he emigrated to the west, and in 1828 settled in
Blue Mounds, Territory of Michigan, now in Dane Co., Wisconsin,
where he lived until his death; was unm.; had large profits
from the rise in real estate, and was proprietor of a large tract
of land; one of the original proprietors of the city of Madison;
was well known and highly regarded where he lived and labored.
The Dane County Bar adopted the following resolutions at
the time of his death:
" That we regard it as a privilege to bear our testimony in this
public manner to the unblemished morals, the ardent patriotism,
the benevolent character and generous heart of our esteemed and
lamented friend."
xi Luther, bapt. 10 June, 1791 ; d. 29 Aug., 1793.
98 LIEUT. LEVI^ son of Col. Levi* and Susanna (Grout)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 26 Aug., 1746; died in Fitz-
wiUiam, N. H., 26 April, 1821; married 9 July, 1771, Tabitha,
daughter of Phineas and Prudence Hardy; born in Westboro, 10
May, 1745; died 26 April, 1818.
He moved to Fitzwilliam about 1772, in the infancy of the
country, travelling on foot, packing his provisions, and submitting
to hardships now unknown to pioneers. He kept a tavern on
" Brigham Hill," in the east part of Fitzwilliam, and was col-
lector in 1774 and '86; selectman in 1774, '75, '76, '78 and '81;
Lieut, of Militia, '75 ; on the Committee of Safety, '78. He held
nearly every office in the gift of the people from time to time (see
History of Fitzwilliam) .
Children, born in Fitzwilliam:
239 i Lydia", b. 24 Aug., 1772.
240 ii Joseph, b. 2 June, 1774.
iii Anna, b. 14 March, 1776; d. 16 March, 1776.
241 iv Hannah, b. 12 March, 1777.
242 V Levi, b. 19 Dec, 1778.
243 vi Tabitha, b. 30 Sept., 1780.
244 vii Anna, b. 26 April, 1782.
viii Rufus, b. 22 Nov., 1783; d. 27 May, 1802.
245 ix Mindwell, b. 11 April, 1785.
246 X Susannah, b. 3 April, 1790.
FIFTH GENERATION 151
99 *HON. ELIJAH^ son of Col. Levi* and Susanna (Grout)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 7 July, 1751; died in Washing-
ton, D. C, 22 Feb., 1816; married (1), 21 Sept., 1780, Anna
Sophia,t daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer and Hannah (Breck)
Parkman, of Westboro; born there, 18 Oct., 1755; died there, 26
Nov., 1783; married (2) 20 April, 1786, Mrs. Sarah (Lambert)
Hammock, of Marlboro, widow of Charles; born 26 Feb., 1750;
died 22 March, 1787; married (3), l6 Dec., 1792, Sarah, daughter
of Gen. Artemas Ward of Shrewsbury, Mass., (grandson of 5) ;
born 28 July, 1756; died, his widow, 5 Feb., 1838.
He graduated from Dartmouth College, A.B., 1778; A.M., Dart-
mouth and Harvard (ad eum.) , and Yale, 1792; began the study
of law, but for some reason unknown abandoned it before he was
admitted to the bar. When he went to college, his father gave him
a horse, which was all the start he had toward his higher education.
He settled in Westboro as a merchant with Breck Parkman. Elijah,
after Mr. Parkman's death, continued to live in the parsonage,
which is generally called the " Judge Brigham house " ; " built in
1748. ... It has been much altered and modernized. . .
Mr. Parkman bought the land which constituted his farm of Nathan
Brigham of Southboro." He was selectman in 1785, '89, and '96.
He represented Westboro in the General Court, 1791 and '93;
served 12 years as a member of the Senate; 2 years as executive
counsellor, and 16 years as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas
* " 25 June, 1780. Mr. Elijah Brigham . . . propounded."
" 9 July, 1780. !Mr. Brigham . . . admitted into ye Church."
16 July, 1780 . . . Mr. Brigham and Sophy were published for the last
time.
"15 Aug., 1780 ... I returned at eve. Mr. Elijah here de die in diem."
" Sept., 1780 . . . Mr. Elijah Brigham privately spoke to me of his joining
in Trade with Breck.
" 7 Sept., 1780 . . . He (]Mr. Wm. Spring of Brimfield) dined with us as did
Mr. Elijah Brigham (who keeps shop for Breck).
" 20 Sept., 1780 . . . N. B. Mr. Brigham asked me whether it would suit me
to have the INIarriage of my Dauter to him to be to-morrow? . . . Sent my Com-
plements to his Father and Mother, & Request they would come — likewise his
Brothers and Sisters. He acquainted me with his desire to wait on Squire Baker and
his Lady with his Invitations to ye wedding; also ye two eldest Dauters. To which
I consented. My Dauter Cushing rode to Capt. Maynard's to invite him and his
wife. The Return was that Mrs. Maynard was confined with illness " (she was
the widow of Dr. Samuel Brigham, before her second marriage").
" 21 Sept., 1780. Mrs. Parkman I hope is better. Sophy has unhappily a good
deal of a cough. I had a most agreeable sight of my children & their Consorts at
Dinner, viz.: Wm. & Lydia, Mr. Cushing and Sarah, Breck & Suse (born Brigham),
Sam'l. & Sally & Mr. Brigham with Sophy. To God be Praise and Glory! Towards
evening according to Invitation, Joseph Baker, Esq. and Lady, Mr. Winslow Brigham
and Miss Alice Cushing of Shrewsbury, Mr. Hazeltine and Miss Mindwell Brigham,
Master Fisk and Miss Anna Brigham, and Mr. Josiah Brigham came to wait on ye
Solemnity of the Marriage of Mr. Elijah Brigham to my Dauter Anna Sophia, which
was performed; and after ye Covenant, Mr. Cushing prayed. . . . Mrs. P. was
not able to attend."
" 22 Sept., 1780. . . . Sam and Breck with their wives wait on ye Bride-
groom and Bride, to Coll. Brigham." — Parkman Diary.
t " She also kept a journal in which is frequent mention of Mr. Elijah Brigham,
but it ends in July, 1778 " — The Hundredth Town.
152 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
for Worcester County; was a member of Congress from 1810 until
death.
Morse paid the following tribute to his character:
" Of this man I cannot speak in justice to convictions, and escape
the suspicion of extravagance among strangers, while among his
acquaintance who survive, nothing would fail of a hearty response
which I might say commendatory of his social and domestic virtues,
his commercial integrity and honor, his great common sense and re-
finement, his patriotism and political integrity; his wisdom and
benevolence, his fidelity to every official and important trust, and
his services in the advancement of the moral, civil, and educational
interests of the community in which he lived. ' Stranger, tread
lightly at the grave of one such as thou oughtest to be, true to his
conscience and country ! ' "
Children {by first wife), born in Westboro:
i Anna Sophia", b. 26 July, 1781; d. 17 Oct., 1864; m. 9 March,
1813, Joseph F. Boardman of Boston, Mass., b. 1781; d. 21
June, 1858. Ch. (Boardman), b. in Boston:
1 Maria Ann', b. Sept., 1814; d. 31 March, 1870.
2 Anna Sophia Brigham, b. 27 Jan., 1817; d. 5 Feb., 1863.
247 ii Elijah, b. 21 April, 1783.
Child {by second wife) :
iii SaUy, b. 27 Jan., 1787; d. 26 Feb., 1867; m. 31 Oct., 1821, John,
son of Dea. Isaac and Mercy (Lawrence) Gregory; b. in Ashby,
Mass., 20 Jan., 1779; (he m. [1] Sarah Call and had 2 ch.) ; res.
Charlestown, where d. 14 April, 1853. Ch. (Gregory), b. in
Charlestown :
1 Sarah Brigham', b. 18 Sept., 1822; res. in Cambridge, Mass.
Children (by third wife): *
S48 iv Ann Maria, b. 14 July, 1794.
v Sally Sophronia, b. 22 Dec, 1795; d. 3 Dec, 1810.
vi Dana Ward, b. 9 March, 1797; d. unm., 23 Nov., 1830.
vii Susanna "Walter, b. 4 May, 1798; d. 24 Dec, 1825.
viii Catherine Martha, b. 21 Jan., 1801 ; d. in DeWitt, la., 24 July, 1881 ;
m. 18 Feb., 1830, George Henry, son of Dr. Abraham and
Charlotte (Hale) Lowe of Lunenburg, Mass.; b. in Ashburnham,
Mass., 12 May, 1803; d. in DeW., 21 Dec, 1866; was a merchant
in No. Brookfield, Mass., 1841-56, and served as selectman for
several years; moved to DeWitt in 1857. Ch. (Lowe), the eldest
b. in Fitchburg, the others in Ashburnham:
1 Emma Catherine', b. 4 June, 1834; m. 20 Dec, 1865, Maj.
Chas. Merrill Nye of DeWitt. Ch. (Nye): i Martha W-S
b. 15 Dec, 1866; ii George L., b. 3 Aug., 1869; m. Ethelyn
Webber of Salt Lake City; iii James Brigham, d. y.; iv
Susanne K., b. 30 July, 1879.
2 George A., b. 16 May, 1836; d. 4 Jan., 1903; m. 9 Oct., 1866,
Anna M. Dewing of No. Brookfield, b. 23 March, 1840; a
merchant in Salt Lake City, U. Ch.: i Catherine A.^ b. 23
Oct., 1873; ii Alice, d. y.
3 Susan Brigham, b. 21 March, 1840; res. unm., in DeWitt.
FIFTH GENERATION 153
100 SUSAN NA^ daughter of Col. Levi* and Susanna (Grout)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 21 Jan., 1754; died in West-
boro, Mass., 10 Nov., 1834; married, 9 Jan., 1777, Brack, son of
the Rev. Ebenezer and Hannah (Breck) Parkman; born 27 Jan.,
1748-49, in Westboro; died in W., 3 Feb., 1825.
She is described in The Hundredth Town as a rather stately, but
most gracious lady, alvrays performing kindly deeds, and much
beloved in the community,* Some years before his marriage, Breck
opened a store in one end of the little house still standing on South
Street in Westboro, using the other end for a dwelling place. At
this time it stood between the parsonage and the church, f He was
the ancestor of all the Parkmans who remained in Westboro. Elijah
Brigham, who married Sophy Parkman, went into business with him
in 1780. There are descendants of Susanna in the 9th and 10th
generations whom the limits of this work will not permit us to enter.
Children (Parkman), born in Westboro:
i Hannah Breck% b. 32 Oct., 1778; d. 6 Sept., 1834; m. 25 June,
1801, Dr. John Eugene Tyler, b. 10 April, 1766; d. 25 Jan., 1820;
a physician in Westboro, and later a merchant in Boston. Ch.
(Tyler) :
1 Hannah Parkman', b. 25 Sept., 1803; d. 1857; m. Onslow
Peters. 6 ch.
2 Susan Brigham, b. July, 1806; d. 9 Nov., 1821.
3 Anna Sophia, b. 28 Jan., 1809; d. 20 Jan., 1889; m. Dea.
Christopher Colombus Denny (who m. [1] Susan B. Rock-
wood') ; he was a merchant of Keene, N. H., and a manfr.
in Leicester. Ch. (Denny): 2 d. y.; iii Parkman Tyler', b.
20 Dec, 1851; m. 3 times; grad. Worcester Polytech. Inst.;
cashier Leicester Nat. Bank to 1904, and treas. Leicester
Savings Bank, 1890 to present time; 1 son.
4 Sarah A., b. 11 June, 1811; d. 1875; m. John A. Fayer-
weather of Westboro.
* Aug., 1772. Susie Brigham undertakes to make a DuCape for Mrs. Parkman;
later she made sundry gowns, stayed after meeting, lodged, worked for Sophy and
Hannah in making new crape gowns. Another time, Breck, nigh evening goes home
■with Susie Brigham.
In December: " Miss Susie Brigham here still." A month later, " Susie
Brigham here with Miss Abbie White, stayed over night."
In Apr., 1773: " Susie Brigham came last night which makes the ninth
person beside my own family. So to-day we are thirteen."
Breck bought a clock at vendue and 3 Sept., 1777, he set it up, and it measured
the hours for forty-eight years in the " best room " ; it now belongs to Robert Breck
Denny of Boston.
t 13 Dec, 1778. " Breck is out of wood. Suse herself and the child, her sister
Mindwell and Billy Spring came up here to be with us over ye Sabbath
Breck, his family & Br. Josiah dind here." 14th, " Breck had wood brot. him.
Suse &c. returned home."
24th. " Breck and his dine here on a roast Turkey of his providing."
13 Jan., 1779. " Suse rode to Capt. Maynard's in ye Sleigh and safely, but
in returning ye Mare took a start, and tore away with Speed from Suse, who had
got out of the Sleigh, and came home o' foot; but ye mare first, broke ye Sleigh and
threw out a case of Gin — however broke but one Bottle (which might at this time
stand at Dollars), but no Mischief done to Life or Limb. The praise to
God."
22 June, 1780. " My wife and Suse ride to her Father's and to Capt. Jones'.
They bring home little Hannah who has been Weaning." — Parkman Diary.
154 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
5 John B.; 6 Charlotte C; 7 Maria T., all d. young.
8 {Dr.) John Eugene, b. 9 Dec, 1819; d. 9 March, 1878; m.
(1) Caroline A. Denny; m. (3) Augusta M. Denny'; at
the head of McLean Insane Asylum, Somerville, Mass.; later
a physician in Boston,
ii Susanna Brigham, b. 13 April, 1781; d. 4 June, 1836; m. 5
Oct., 1809, Rev. Elisha Roekwood, b. 9 May, 1778; d. June, 1858;
of Westboro and Swanzey, N. H. Ch. (Roekwood):
1 Elisha P.\ b. 19 June, 1811; d. 22 Jan., 1838.
2 William O., b. 12 Feb., 1814; d. 1879; m. 1842, Helen M.
Moore; res. Indianapolis.
3 Susan Brigham, b. 1 Oct., 1815; d. 1843; m. (as first wife),
Christopher C. Denny (who m. [2] Anna S. Tyler).
4 Hannah A., b. 1 Feb., 1817; m. Dexter Brigham, Jr., 439.
5 Robert B., b. and d. 1822.
iii Charles, b. 26 May, 1785; d. 13 Sept., 1834; m. 26 Jan., 1811,
Joanna P., dau. of Jonathan Fay of Concord, Mass.; b. 27
Oct., 1784; d. 3 Dec, 1826. Ch.:
1 Joanna F.\ b. 21 Feb., 1812; m. Dr. Henry H. Rising.
2 Charles B., b. 13 June, 1813; d. unm., 26 June, 1885,
3 Mary A., b. 23 Sept., 1814; d. 1836.
4 Lucy P., b. 16 Aug., 1817; m. Nahum Fisher of W.
5 Susan B., b. 19 April, 1820; d. 28 June, 1871.
6 Hannah S., b. 12 Nov., 1822; m. Henry Taft of Lowell.
7 Samuel, b. 29 Aug., 1824; d. 1845 or '47.
8 Maria D., b. 17 May, 1826; m. 1 March, 1854, George T. Leach,
who d.; she res. Dorchester, Mass.
iv Robert Breck, b. 29 Sept., 1787; d. unm.
V Anna, b. 31 Dec, 1792; d. 1 Jan., 1807.
vi Mary Augusta, b. 12 May, 1796; d. 23 Dec, 1812.
vii Charlotte Sophia, b. 5 Feb., 1800; d. 24 Nov., 1884; m. 13 May,
1824, George Denny, a merchant of Boston, b. 1 April, 1801 ; d.
14 Jan., 1852; Prest. Granite Bank of Boston, and treasurer of
Sullivan R. R. Ch. (Denny):
1 Augusta M.\ b. 28 Feb., 1825; d. 1899; m. 1852, Dr. John
Eugene Tyler.
2 George P., b. 10 Maj% 1826; d. 1885; m. Nancy A. Briggs.
3 Charles A., b. 13 March, 1828; m. 1860, Jane S. Bigelow.
4 Charlotte E., b. 7 Feb., 1830; d. unm., 7 Aug., 1854.
5 Robert Breck, b. 8 Dec, 1832; m. 1856, Valeria K. Titcomb;
a wool dealer in Boston; owner of the old family clock.
6 Edward W., b. 12 Nov., 1836; m. Kate Brown.
7 Dr. James H., b. 2 Nov., 1838; of New York and Boston.
8 Mary H., b. 20 Sept., 1840.
9 John A., b. 14 Jan., 1843; d. 3 Feb., 1845.
101 WINSLOW^ son of Col. Levi* and Susanna (Grout) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, 18 June, 1756; died in Northboro^ 4 Sept.,
1837; married, l6 May, 1781, Alice, daughter of *Col. Job and
* Col. Job^ Gushing, son of Rev. Job^ and Mary (Prentice) Gushing of Shrews-
bury; born 1728; d. 1808; m. 1752; Rev. Job* Gushing, was b. 1694; H. G., 1714; m.
1727, d. 1760. He was a son of Matthew^ and Jael (Jacobs) Gushing of Hingham.
Mathew' Gushing, son of Daniel- and Lydia (Oilman) Gushing of Hingham, was b.
1660; m. 1683; d. 1715. Daniel^ Gushing, son of Mathew^ and Nazareth (Pitcher)
Gushing, was b. 1619, in Hingham, Eng. ; came to New England in 1638 with his
father and mother; m. 1645; d. 1699. Mathew^ Gushing, b. 1588, m. Nazareth
Pitcher in 1619; came to America in Ship Diligent, with wife and 5 children; settled
in Hingham, and d. there in 1660.
FIFTH GENERATION 155
Lucy (Stone) Gushing of Shrewsbury, and grand-daughter of the
Rev, Job Gushing, of Shrewsbury; she was born in Shrewsbury,
23 Feb., 1757; died in Northboro, 7 Feb., 1847.
He was a farmer and resided in the south-east corner of North-
boro. He served six years as selectman. He was a private in Gapt.
Silas Gates' Go., Gol. Ward's Regt.; enlisted 4 Dec, 1775; on
muster list of Gaptain Timothy Brigham's Go., Gol. Gushing's Regt.,
SO Jan., 1776; also Gapt. Ebenezer Belknap's Go. and Gapt. Nathan
Fisher's Go., Gol. Wade's Regt. Service in No. Kingston, R. I.,
from 23 June, 1778-1 Jan., 1779; also on muster roll, Jan.-Nov.,
1778.
Children, born in Northboro:
i Emery Gushing", b. 22 Sept., 1782; d. 13 March, 1783.
ii Emery, b. 5 Jan., 1784; d. 21 Feb., 1785.
249 iii Nathaniel, b. 7 Oct., 1785.
250 iv Alice, b. 11 March, 1787.
251 v Josiah, b. 1 Sept., 1788.
252 vi Lucy Gushing, b. 27 Sept., 1789.
vii Nancy, b. 1 Oct., 1791; d. 11 May, 1792.
viii Nancy, b. 2 Dec, 1792; m. 1 Feb., 1839, Maj. Eli Prouty of
Spencer; d. s. p. 2 Oct., 1877.
ix Emery, b. 15 April, 1794; d. 26 Jan., 1820; m. Lucy Glaflin Gor-
bett, 6 Oct., 1818; no issue.
X Mindwell, b. 5 May, 1796; m. Abr. M. Brigham, 1812; d. 1 Jan. 1870.
xi Winslow, b. 11 Dec, 1797; d. unm. 5 Dec, 1818, in Quincy, Mass.
xii Lydia Gushing, b. 11 Aug., 1799; d. 17 March, 1837, in Worcester,
Mass.; m. Thos. T. Farnsworth, 1820; res. Worcester; no issue.
102 MARTHA^ daughter of Gapt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 1 Nov., 1746; married, 19 Jan.,
1768, Gapt. John, son of Gapt. Stephen Maynard (whose second
wife was Widow Anna [Gott] Brigham), born in Westboro, 1743.
He moved to Shrewsbury, Mass., 1771; Representative, 1781.
Children (Maynard), the eldest born in Westboro, others in Shrewsbury:
i Martha^ b. 23 Nov., 1769; ra. 1785, Fred K. Grosby.
ii Josiah, b. 18 Sept., 1771; d. Barnard, Vt., 1796.
iii John, b. 5 Oct., 1773; d. in Bakersfield, Vt., 1816.
iv Edward, b. 25 April, 1775; moved to Bakersfield.
v Antipas, b. 6 April, 1777; res. Waltham, Mass.
vi Hepsibah, b. 12 March, 1779; m. Elijah Hardy of Westboro.
vii William, b. 20 Sept., 1781.
103 GAPT. JONAS% son of Gapt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 29 Oct., 1748; died in Bakers-
field, Vt., in 1826; married (1), published 26 Jan., 1771, Anna
Draper of Watertown; who died in 1802; married (2), 10 Nov.,
1810, Polly Wyman.
156 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
He settled first in North Brookfield, Mass. In 1774 he was a
Minute Man, and marched at the time of the Lexington Alarm as
a Sergeant. He was Lieut, from Brookfield in 1777, and was in
the battle of Saratoga. His commission as Capt. of the Mass.
militia was signed by John Hancock, 1 July, 1781.
He moved to Baker sfield and was very prominent in all the aflPairs
of the town, and was the first elected Representative to the General
Assembly. The second year there was no election but he was
elected for 17 consecutive years thereafter. On the division of the
town he fell within the limits of Enosburg, where he was moderator
in 1797.
Children, born in North Brookfield, except the youngest born in Bakers-
field:
253 i MichaeP, b. 2 March, 1772,
254 ii EU, b. 14 Dec, 1774.
iii Hannah, b. 7 July 1776; m. Col. HoUey Taylor; res. St. Albans,
Vt.; d. s. p., over 70.
iv Sally, b. 7 Dec, 1778; d. unm.
v Patty, b. 27 April, 1780.
255 vi Jonas, b. 14 March, 1782.
256 vli Luther, b. 15 May, 1785.
257 viii Asa, b. 1786.
ix Betsey, b. 1788; d. y.
258 X Cheney, b. 22 April, 1793.
104 EDWARD^ son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker) Brig-
ham; born 21 May, 1754, in Westboro; died 5 May, 1838; married,
30 Sept., 1779, Sally Miller.* He was in the Revolutionary War.
He was a private in Capt. Edmund Brigham's Co. of Minute Men
which marched on the Lexington Alarm; also was sergeant in 1775-
1776, and in service at Dorchester and New York. He may have
been out in 1780-'81 also. Moved to Milton, Vt., and was a member
of the First Church in that place.
Children:
i William', b. about 1780.
259 ii Edward, b. 1782.
iii Baker, b. 1786.
iv Lorin, b. 1788; father of Elon', b. 1822.
v Miller, b. 1793.
105 BARNABAS^ son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 29 March, 1756; died in North
Brookfield, Mass., 30 Jan., 1817; married, 28 Feb., 1790, Eunice
Mandell, of Barre, Mass.
He was a private in Capt. Edmund Brigham's Co. of Minute-men,
•",0 Sept., 1770. Returned at eve. I marryed Mr. Edward Brigham to Miss
Sally Miller, heretofore of . . . The Fee given was $20 . . . -Parkman
Diary.
FIFTH GENERATION 157
Maj. Gen. Ward's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19,
1775. He was in Capt. Todd's Company, Col. Craft's Regiment
of Artillery, from North Brookfield, from February 1 to May 8,
1776. He settled in North Brookfield (see Hist, of that town).
Children, born in North Brookfield:
i Henry% was a good scholar and entered college, but did not grad.
260 ii Otis, b. 2 July, 1795.
iii Nancy, b. .
106 ANTIPAS^ son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker)
Brigham; born in Westboro, 15 March, 1758; died in Schoharie,
N. Y., about 1840; married (1), 24 Jan., 1780*, Hepsibah% daugh-
ter of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lyscom) Brigham (181); born
29 July, 1760; died 11 March, 1789; (2), Lydia, daughter of Joseph
and Mary (Reed) Cutler, born in Warren, Mass., 2 Dec, 1769;
died 16 Jan., 1798; (3), 7 April, 1799, Julia Whitney, of North-
boro; (4), Mary Hall. He moved to St. Albans, Vt. He was
probably a private in Capt. Edmund Brigham's company, which
marched Aug. 21, 1777, to re-inforce the Northern Army; proceeded
to Hadley and there counter-ordered.
Children (by first wife) :
i Nahum*, b. 8 April, 1781, and no further reported,
ii William, b. 24 Dec, 1782.
iii Nelly, b. 2 July, 1784.
iv Antipas, b. 4 March, 1786.
V Hepsibah, b. 11 Jan., 1788.
vi Persis, b. 9 March, 1789.
Children (by second wife) :
vii Rensselaer, b. 2 Aug., 1791; was deaf and dumb.
viii Lydia, b. ; m. Aaron Bliss of "Warren.
ix Mary, b. 7 July, 1*796; 1. unm., at Hardwick, N. Y.
* The winter of 1779-80 was very cold and much snow fell. On the 29th of
Dec, 1779, Mr. Parkman records:
" A very dismal morning. Storm continues till about nonn. Snowbanks very
high, one nigh my saddle-house 6 feet high. Roads blocked up . . . My son
Breck had also designed to go in a double sleigh to Ashburnham, but no Team nor
Sleigh can stir. How wonderful are the Works of ye Great God! "
On the 30th he records:
" I keep close to my Study, tho Mr. Antipas Brigham had requested me to go
to Capt. Edmund's to marry him. But nobody disturbs me. . . . Enough to do to
keep warm."
24 Jan., 1780. "An urgent message from Mr. Antipas Brigham to go to Capt.
Edmund Brigham's with request to marry him. I went, but with great Difficulty, by
reason of ye deep snow. My sons Breck and Elias drew me on a light sled as far
as Mr. Haskill's, nigh which a number of young men, Brighams, accompanied me
on foot to ye House, where I performed ye Solemnity. After ye Supper they brot
me to Mr. Gale's, who kindly obliged me to locate there." — Parkman Diary.
" The tradition of Mr. Parkman's ride to the wedding is still preserved in
the Brigham family, with some of the incidents of the trip — that the old minister
lost his wig, and the racketmen were at no small trouble to recover it; but all
finally ended well." — The Hundredth Town,
158 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
107 DR. DANIEL^ son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., on the old David Brigham home-
stead, 12 June, 1760; died in Marlboro, Mass., 12 June, 1837;
married Anna, daughter of Abram Munroe of Northboro, Mass.,
born there, 22 July, 1766; died 9 April, 1850.
He studied medicine in Harvard College. Entered the Revolu-
tionary Army as surgeon's mate and was at West Point when Maj.
Andre was captured; after the war he was surgeon in the Fifth
Regt. of Mass. Militia. He practiced medicine in Northboro, then
in Berlin, about 1800, and about 1826 in Marlboro, where he resided
on the farm on Brigham. St., occupied now by Addington M. Brig-
ham. His high rank in his profession is indicated by the distance
he was often called to go in cases of consultation. Many of his
surgical instruments are now in the possession of his grandson,
Addington.
Children, born in Northboro:
i Persis Baker^ b. 26 April, 1784; d. 1808.
261 ii Barnabas, b. 14 April, 1786.
262 iii Daniel, b. 27 Jan., 1788.
iv Anna, b. 8 Aug., 1790; m. Capt. Prentice Keyes; res. North-
boro.
263 V Lois, b. 14 April, 1793.
264 vi Abraham Munroe, b. 25 March, 1796.
108 DAVID^ son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, 31 March, 1762; died , 1851;
married, 21 Feb., 1787, Lucy Harrington of Westboro, sister of
Lawyer Nahum Harrington; born 17 Sept., 1765; died 13 Aug.,
1846. She was a very superior woman. He settled on a part of
the extensive homestead of his grandfather, David, and resided near
the present Insane Asylum. At his home were held many friendly
meetings of his descendants and others of the Brigham race, pre-
cursors of the Brigham Family Association.
Children, born in Westboro:
265 i Otis% b. , 1788.
ii Elmer, b. , 1790; d. 1796.
iii Arethusa, b. 2 Oct., 1792; m. 29 Jan., 1821, Rev. John Milton,
son of Dea. Reuben Putnam; b. in Sutton, Mass., 26 Feb., 1794,
and d. at Yarmouth, Me., 19 Sept., 1861; educated at Brown Univ.;
settled in Dunbarton, N. H. Ch. (Putnam), b. in Dunbarton:
1 Jane Brighani', b. 19 Nov., 1821; d. 11 Sept., 1824.
2 Carleton Elliott, b. 21 July, 1823; d. 29 Aug., 1824.
3 Milton A., b. 13 June, 1825; d. 25 Aug., 1826.
4 Antoinette M., b. 12 Oct., 1827; d. 7 Aug., 1828.
5 Antoinette B., b. 17 May, 1829.
6 Henry M., b. 10 June, 1831.
7 Georfje A., h. 7 Aug., 1833; d. 1 March, 1834.
8 George A., h. S May, 1835.
FIFTH GENERATION 159
366 iv David, b. 2 Sept., 1794.
V Hannah, b. 2 Oct., 1T96; d. 20 May, 1889; m. 11 Dec, 1829,
Silas Paine of Randolph, Mass. Ch. (Paine) :
1 Silas B.\ d.
2 Nancy, m. Wm. Johnson of St. Louis, Mo.
3 Silas H.
267 vl Elmer, b. 8 Sept., 1798.
268 vii HoUoway, b. 2 Sept., 1801.
viii Lucy Harrington, b. 1805; d. 11 Oct., 1887; m. 5 March, 1835,
Benj. Pond, M. D., who d. 7 June, 1857; res. Westboro. Ch.
(Pond):
1 Alfred', b. 1 March, 1836; d. 3 Nov., 1856.
2 Lucy Gale, b. 16 April, 1839; res. 1903, Westboro; was long
a teacher.
ix Martha, b. 1808; d. 6 May, 1886; m. 26 Dec, 1832, Harrison O.,
son of Otis Fay; b. 20 Jan., 1807; res. Westboro. Ch. (Fay):
1 Albert EJ, b. 11 Aug., 1835; d. 23 June, 1890; m. Amelia A.
. Ch.: i Mattie*; ii Lucy, both d. y.
109 JOSEPH% son of Capt. Jonas* and Persis (Baker) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 20 April, 1766; died 29 Dec, 1837;
married Lucy Warren, born 23 Aug., 1769; died 15 June, 1856.
Children, born in Westboro:
i LowelP, b. 19 Dec, 1790; d. unm., 20 Nov., 1849.
ii Harriet, b. 19 Sept., 1795; d. 11 July, 1868; m. 26 Oct., 1826,
William F. Stone, b. in Saxonville, Mass., 10 April, 1784; d. in
Cambridge, Mass., 26 March, 1857; he was Register of Deeds
for Middlesex Co., 1821-1845. Ch. (Stone) :
1 William L.\ b. 1829; d. unm., 1857.
2 Mary W., b. 1833; d. 1899; m. 1880, Calvin Dimick of Cam-
bridge.
3 Harriet B., b. 1835; d. unm., 1858.
4 Olyntlms B., b. 3 April, 1838; res. Westboro, unm.
110 ALPHEUS% son of Major Asa* and Mary (Newton)
Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 30 April, 1746; died in
Jaffrey, N. H., about 1826; married, 1764, Lydia Green, of
Westboro, who was killed about 1830, " frozen to death " in in-
human quarters " provided " by her son-in-law, Foster, who had
been deeded the farm by her husband, Alpheus, in consideration
of the care to be bestowed upon them in their old age.
He was settled in Jaffrey, N. H., by 1775, " Lot 4, Range 10."
Was in the Revolutionary War, in Capt. Abijah Smith's Co., for
New York, mustered 21 Sept., 1776; was a prominent man and held
many town offices and was on many important committees; was
" deer-reeve " there in 1775.
Children, born in Shrewsbury, except the 2 youngest, born in Jaffrey:
1 Asaph% b. 2 June, 1765.
ii Wright, b. 23 June, 1768.
269 iii Sylvanus, b. 10 Feb., 1771.
160 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
270 iv Abel, b. 31 July, 1773.
V Joseph, b. 2 May, 1777; d. ; m. 30 May, 1796,
Polly, dau. of Thos. and Sarah (Bigelow) Button of Jaffrey;
b. 18 Aug., 1779; she m. (2) David Wilkins, and d. in Greenfield,
2 Feb., 1830. Joseph moved West,
vi Lydia, b. 12 April, 1782; d. 21 May, 1859; m. 7 June, 1807,
Jedediah Foster of Jaffrey, who lived on her father's farm until
1836, when he left town. "Ch.: Alpheus', d. 1819, ae. 10.
111 MOLLY^ daughter of Major Asa^ and Mary (Newton)
Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 10 March, 1748; died in
Fitzwilliam, N. H., 23 Nov., 1822; married, 5 June, 1778, Benjamin
Davison, who was at Fitzwilliam by 1767; died there, 25 April,
1820, 86. 76.
Children (Davison), born in Fitzwilliam:
i MindwelP, b. 1 March, 1778; d. 18 Oct., 1849; m. Richard
Gleason, who d. s. p., in F., 1843, ae. 70.
ii Molly, b. 2 June, 1780; m. 8 May, 1806, Nathan Winch, b. 1781;
d. 1851, in Troy, N. H. Ch. (Winch):
1' Nathan' ; 2 Mary; 3 Arethusa; 4 Calvin.
iii Sylvene^ b. 23 Dec, 1781; d. 8 March, 1851; m. 21 Feb., 1811,
Aaron Townsend, b. 1779; d. 1854. Ch. (Townsend) :
1 {Rev.) Luther''; 2 Aaron.
iv Asenath, b. 4 April, 1785; d. s. p., 11 Feb., 1858; m. Nathan
Winch of Troy (husband of Molly),
v Arethusa, b. 26 Feb., 1787; d. unm., 12 April, 1811.
vi Benjamin, b. 5 March, 1789; d. 20 Sept., 1860; m. (1) Abigail
Marshall of Jaffrey, N. H.; m. (2) Nancy Colburn of Rindge,
N. H. Ch., by first wife:
1 Abigair, m. (1) Daniel Prescott; m. (2) Dea. Oren Brooks.
2 Benjamin Brigham, b. 22 Sept., 1818; d. 16 Nov., 1861; m.
Almira Pierce of JaflFrey. Ch., by second wife: Five, all of
whom d. J.
112 LEONARD^ son of Major Asa* and Mary (Newton)
Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 7 May, 1750; died in JNIilton,
Vt., 1 Jan., 1821; married (1), Mary, daughter of Capt. Silas
Wetherby; who died in Walpole, N. H., Jan., 1777; married (2),
in 1780, Abigail Forbush, of Walpole, who died in 1832.
He resided in Walpole, N. H., and moved to Milton, Vt. Him-
self and wife were original members of the First Church of Milton.
Was in the Revolutionary War, from Fitzwilliam, N. H., in the
" Ti" army; Corporal, in 1775.
Children (by first wife), born in Walpole, N. H.:
i Luther% b. Oct., 1775; d. about 1840, s. p., in Canada,
ii Infant, d. y.
Children (by second wife), born in Walpole, except the last 3 born in
Milton : *»
271 iii Asa, b. 18 June, 1781.
iv Calvin, b. , 1782; d. in Milton, 1803.
v Leonard, b. 1784; d. ae. 11.
FIFTH GENERATION l6l
272 vi Rufus, b. 9 Feb., 1T86.
273 vii Jonathan, b. 23 Oct., 1788.
viii Nabby, b. Oct., 1789; d. ; m. (1) 1812, Moses
Stratton of Milton, Vt., who d. in Malone, N. Y., in 1836; m.
(2) in 1838, Judson Tyler of Hartford, O., who d. in Filmore,
Minn., in 1855. Ch. (Stratton) :
1 Amanda'; 2 Selona; 3 Arvin; 4 Harriet; 5 Hiram.
274 ix Silas, b. Oct., 1791.
X Lois, b. Aug., 1793; m. 1816, Eben Saxton of Croton, O. ; had
9 ch.: 2 daus. were Calista' and Charlana.
xi Polly, b. April, 1796; m. in 1829, Henry Bliss of Croton, O,,
who d. in 1853. Ch. (Bliss): Hiram' of Croton.
xii Leonard, b. 1798; d. probably s. p., 1827; m. 1825, Roxy Taylor.
275 xlii Hiram, b. Nov., 1800.
113 CAPT. STEPHEN^ son of Major Asa* and Mary (New-
ton) Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 13 May, 1754; died in
Vernon, N. Y., 11 Oct., 1849; married, 1 Feb., 1781, Sarah,
daughter of Joshua and Betty (Bent) Harrington; born in Fitz-
william, N. H., 14 Jan., 1754; died 15 November, 1841.
He early moved to Fitzwilliam, and thence in 1790 to Whites-
town, N. Y,, and thence, about 1812, to Vernon, N. Y. Was in the
Revolutionary War, at Bunker Hill under Capt. Whitcomb. Was
selectman in 1789- Was a very pious church member.
Children, the first 6 born in Fitzwilliam,, the 2 last in Whitestown:
276 i Sullivan% b. 29 Dec, 1781.
277 ii Stephen, b. 11 April, 1783.
iii Arethusa, b. 19 March, 1785; d. 28 Aug., 1794,
iv Polly, b. 18 Aug., 1786; m. at Westmoreland, N. Y., 25 Jan.,
1810, Barney Spalding (son of Uriah), b. Rutland, N. Y., 21
March, 1782; d. there, 7 Dec, 1866; a farmer. Ch. (Spaulding),
b. in Pinckney, N. Y.
1 Darrein', b. 18 March, 1812; d. 1 April, 1844; m. Cynthia Ann
Wheeler of Henderson, N. Y. Ch.: Delia^ m. Newell Mathews
of Watertown, N. Y.
V Sally, b. 24 April, 1788; d. 20 Juh', 1818, in Denmark, N. Y.;
m. 31 March, 1814, Ebenezer Cheever.
278 vi John, b. 24 March, 1790.
vii Lucinda, b. 8 May, 1792; d. 26 Aug., 1794.
viii Electa, b. 3 March, 1794; d. in Utica, N. Y., 1883; m. 13 Jan.,
1814, Leonard Moore of Union, Ct., who moved to Utica, Ch.
(Moore), b. in Utica:
1 Alexander Hanson', d. in U., 9 April, 1852; of firm of Dibble,
Work & Moore, N. Y. City. Ch.: Horatio^ of Utica.
2 Lansing C, d. 1873; m. S. M. Dempsey; res. N. Y. City.
Ch.: William' (d) ; Frederick L., unm., a broker in N. Y.
City.
3 Electa Brigham,, b. 25 Aug., 1825; res. unm., in Utica.
114 ELIZABETH% daughter of Maj. Asa* and Mary (New-
ton) Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 26 Sept., 1756; died
15 Feb., 1823; married, 21 Nov., 1780, Joshua Harrington, Jr.,
162 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
born in Framingham, Mass., 13 Sept., 1755; died in Fitzwilliam,
N. H., 20 Sept., 1834. She moved to Fitzwilliam with her father;
her husband inherited a mill from his father, which, in turn, he left
to his sons, Joshua and Elijah. For further details of this family,
see Hist, of Troy. N. H.
Children (Harrington), born in Fitzwilliam:
i Anna', b. 29 June, 1781; d. 16 Feb., 1857; m. William Marshall
of Troy, N. H.
ii Daniel, b. 15 Dec, 1782; moved to Vt., where he d.; m. 24
Jan., 1809, Mary, dau. of Jesse Forristall of F.; b. 11 April,
1786; d. in Fitz., 23 June, 1819.
iii Betsey, b. 18 April, 1784; m. 10 Jan., 1805, Asa, son of Abijah
Stowell; moved West,
iv Joshua, b. 29 Sept., 1785; m. (1) NeUy Gates of Dublin, N. H.;
m. (2) Ruth Hall; in 1820 moved to Alstead, N. H., and then
to Pitts ford, N. Y. Ch.:
1 Sally'; 2 Lyman; 3 Eleanor; 4 Joshua; 5 Leonard Brig-
ham, b. 1818; m. Eunice Grant of Lyme, N. H.; 6 Charles;
7 Lucy A.; 8 George F.; 9 Mary J.
V Elijah, b. 23 April, 1787; d. 15 May, 1870; m. (1) 1 Feb., 1810,
Prudence Newell, who d. 3 June, 1827; m. (2) Mrs. Tabitha
Tolman. Ch.:
1 Nelson'; 2 John; 3 Alonzo Brigham; 4 Daniel; 5 Patty; «
Elizabeth; 7 Jacob Newell; 8 Arbee Reed; 9 Frances E.;
the last two d. y.
vi Sally, b. 17 June, 1789; d. 1 Feb., 1800.
vii PoUy, b. 12 June, 1791 ; d. 1833.
viii Lyman, b. 2 March., 1794; d. 1800.
115 JOSIAH NEWTON^ son of Major Asa* and Mary (New-
ton) Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 30 March, 1765; died
• ; married (1), in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 14 Feb., 1793, Sarah,
daughter of David and Sarah (Fisher) Perry; born l6 May, 1774;
died 3 May, 1803; married (2), Mary Alsworth, from Ellington,
Conn., who died in 1827. He moved to Hartwick, N. Y.
Children (by first wife), born in Hartwick:
279 i Elijah', b. 1790.
ii Josiah, 1 . . j „
... c, 1, ytwms, d. unm.
in Sally, J
iv Marv, d. unm., in Dryden, N. Y., 186 — .
280 V David, b. 27 Oct., 1799.
281 vi Perrv, b. 17 April, 1801.
vii Phebe, m. (1) Carpenter; m. (2) Harding;
res. s. p., in Cortland, N. Y.
Children (by second wife), born in Hartwick:
viii Rebecca, d. unm., 1861, in Whitestown, N. Y.
ix Lucinda, m. Butler. Ch.:
1 Lucinda E.
X Electa, d. unm, 1863, in Whitestown, N. Y.
116 SARAH% daughter of Joseph* and Comfort (Bigelow)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 13 May, 1731 ; died before 1791 ;
married, 4 June, 1755, Dea. Benjamin, son of Joseph and Thank-
FIFTH GENERATION 163
ful (Barrett) Tayntor; born in Marlboro, 3 Jan., 1733; died in
Worcester, N. Y., 1798. They lived in Woodstock, Conn., Shrews-
bury, and Princeton, Mass. He was in the Revolution.
Children (Tayntor), the two elder born in Woodstock, the third in
Shrewsbury, and the rest in Princeton:
i Sarah', b. 12 March, 1756; m. Ebenezer, son of Elijah and Huldah
(Keyes) Rice of Holden, Mass.; (his second wife was Ruth
Eveleth of Stow); settled in Hubbardston. Ch. (Rice):
1 Rollin'; 2 Ebenezer; 3 Sarah, who moved to Illinois.
ii Miriam, b. 28 April, 1758; m. 1787, Stephen Potter of Marlboro,
iii Anna Sophia, b. 19 June, 1760; m. 1786, Cyrus Kingsbury of
Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Kingsbury) :
1 Cyrus''.
iv Lucy, b. 30 Oct., 1761-; m. Abel Hubbard of Holden; moved to
Putney, Vt.; had 9 ch.
V Lucretia, b. 30 Oct., 1763; d. y.
vi Joseph, b. 2 Nov., 1765; d. y.
vii Electa, b. 28 July, 1767; d. y.
viii Patty, m. John Perry of Holden.
ix Benjamin, b. 1768; d. in Russia, N. Y., 1835; m. Dinah Houghton
of Worcester, N. Y. Ch.:
1 Benjamin'; 2 Sarah; 3 Olive; 4 Cyrus; 5 Lavina; 6 Mary;
7 Jonah; 8 Phileta.
X Joseph, b. 6 July, 1775; d. in Lebanon, N. Y., 1847; m. Abigail
Fuller. Ch.:
1 AbigaiV ; 2 (Dea.) Joseph; 3 Patty; 4 {Rev.) Orasmus; 5
Lucy; 6 Ira; 7 Erasmus; 8 Cyrus; 9 Rufus.
117 LAVINAH^, daughter of Joseph* and Comfort (Bigelow)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 10 July, 1733; died Aug., 1784;
married, 12 April, 1757, Thaddeus, son of Joseph and Ruth (Brig-
ham) Howe (31); born in Marlboro, 30 May, 1733; (he married
[2] Mrs. Prudence Holman, who died, s. p., 1831); he died 18
March, 1799.
Children (Howe), born in Marlboro:
i Susanna", b. 22 Jime, 1758; d. April, 1837; m. 2 Nov., 1778,
Gershom Rice, Jr., b. in Marlboro, 3 July, 1755; d. April, 1837.
Ch. (Rice):
1 Stephen'; 2 Anna; 3 Susanna; 4 Mary ; 5 Henry.
ii Nanne, b. 15 Feb., 1760; d. 3 Nov., 1814; m. 11 July, 1781,
Jonas Morse, b. in Marlboro, 29 Nov., 1759; d. 1799; she was his
2d wife. Ch. (Morse):
1 John WJ ; 2 Nancy; 3 Henry; 4 Willard.
iii Jonah, b. 22 Feb., 1762; d. 8 Dec, 1834; m. (1) 8 March., 1792,
Betty Cranston, who A: 1806; m. (2) 15 June, 1806, Mrs. Catherine
(Howe) Wheeler, who d. 4 Jan., 1851, ae. 81. Ch.:
1 Lovina'; 2 Betsey; 3 Lydia; 4 Martha; 5 Thaddeus, m. Char-
lotte Brigham, 390; 6 Lyman; 7 Rufus; 8 Diana; 9 Crans-
ton; 10 Dexter; 11 Freeman.
Iv WilHam, b. 4 Dec, 1764; d. 21 July, 1820; m. 27 Sept., 1785,
Elizabeth, dau. of John Stowe; b. in Marlboro, 12 Sept., 1767;
d. 3 June, 1835. Ch.:
1 JoeV ; 2 William; 3 Elizabeth; 4 Sarah.
164 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
V Lovina, b. 23 March, 1767; d. 17 July, 1851; m. 11 June, 1787,
Moses, son of Samuel Sherman; b. in Marlboro, 28 June, 1761;
d. 28 June, 1833.
vi Aaron, b. 15 May, 1770; m. Sarah Dana of Oxford, Mass.;
moved to Lunenburg, Vt.
vii Martha, b. 5 Feb., 1773; d. 22 July, 1848; m. 9 March, 1796,
Francis Barnard (son of Joel; des. from Robert of Andover) ;
b. in Marlboro, 18 Dec, 1768; d. 28 Dec, 1858. Ch. (Barnard):
1 Elizabeth'; 2 Loring; 3 George; 4 Daniel; 5 Mary; 6 Wil-
liam; 7 Edward.
viii Stephen, b. 10 Aug., 1776; d. j.
118 STEPHEN^ son of Joseph* and Comfort (Bigelow) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 15 Oct., 1741; died about 1811;
married (1), 1764, Jemima Snow; married (2), Wilder.
He moved to Shrewsbury, thence to West Boylston, Mass. Prob-
ably was a private in Capt. Maynard's Co., Col. Cushing's Regt.,
which marched on alarm at Bennington, in 1777; discharged after
3 days' service.
Children {by first wife), horn in Shretosbury :
i Martha^ b. 9 Sept., 1766; d. 23 May, 1784.
282 ii Edmund, b. 29 Sept., 1769.
iii Sarah, b. 21 Feb., 1772; m. Gershom Flagg of Boylston.
283 iv Jabez, b. 28 Aug., 1775.
V Dolly, b. 10 July, 1777; d. 1782.
284 vi Stephen, b. 21 Sept., 1779.
vii Dolly, b. 20 Dec, 1783; d. s. p., 10 Jan., 1858; m. (1) Rev.
Reuben Ball; m. (2) Jas. Libby of Bridgton, Me.
Children (probably by second wife) :
285 viii Levi, b. 8 June, 1787.
ix Lucinda, b. ; m. Simon Plympton of W. Boylston; d,
s. p.
119 LIEUT. JOSEPH^ son of Joseph* and Comfort (Bige-
low) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 27 Sept., 1743; died
25 Aug., 1810; married Lydia, daughter of Daniel and Zeruiah
(Eager) Barnes, who died 23 May, 1784, as. 41 yrs., 38 days.
He resided in Northboro, Mass., and was selectman] in 1799 and
1801; Justice of the Peace, 1804. Marched on the Lexington
Alarm in Capt. William Brigham's Co. ; was 2d Lieut, in Capt,
Paul Brigham's Co., commissioned 5 Sept., 1776, and performed
other service. Commission is preserved by Miss Martha L. Ames,
his descendant.
Children, born in Marlboro:
286 i Lydia^ b. 16 Aug., 1766.
ii Lucy, b. in Marlboro, 31 Dec, 1771; d. June, 1855; m. 1791,
Samuel R. Rice. Ch. (Rice):
1 Lucy''; 2 Patty; 3 Lydia; 4 Edmund; 5 Ashley; 6 Elvira;
7 Serena; 8 Wheeler.
. I Twin boys, d. y.
FIFTH GENERATION 16
i&
120 DR. GERSHOaP, son of Gershom* and Mary (Lee) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 15 Oct., 1747; married in 1772 (in-
tentions, June 6), Esther Belknap, who died Oct., 1801. He
practiced medicine in Westboro and also several years in Fitzwil-
liam, N. H., where he was the first doctor and held town offices. He
was in Westboro in 1780.*
Children, the 4 elder born in Fitzwilliam; the twins and probably
Nathaniel and Josiah in Westboro :
i Sally', bapt. 16 June, 1T76; m. 3 June, 1793, Silas, son of John
Witherby; b. in Westboro, 20 Feb., 1769. Ch. (Witherby), b.
in Westboro:
1 Man/, b. 1796; 2 Jeremiah, b. 1798; res. in Boston; 3 Joel,
b. 1800; res. N. Y.; 4 Jesse Brigham, b. 1807; res. N. Y.; 5
Esther Louisa, b. 1810.
ii Joseph Warren, bapt. 5 May, 1776; d. y.
iii Patty, m. Ebenezer Belknap, and res. Boston. Ch. (Belknap) :
1 George', d. y.; 2 Martha, m. Benj. H. Goodell, res. Worces-
ter; 3 Eunice, m. Ammon Gate of Boston; 4 Louisa, m. Capt.
James Paxton; res. Baltimore,
iv Jesse, bapt. 31 May, 1778; d. unm., in Worcester.
287 V Joseph, b. 28 May, 1780.
288 vi Benjamin, twin to Joseph.
vli Nathaniel, m. Nancy Brown; res. Westboro. Ch.:
1 Harriet; 2 Maria; 3 Julia, who probably res. Providence,
R. I.
289 viii Josiah, b. 19 Dec, 1791.
121 REV. BENJAMIN^ son of Benjamin* and Hannah (Mer-
rill) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 11 March, 1741-2; died in
Fitzwilliam, N. H., 13 June, 1799; married (1), 6 June, 1771, Lucy,
daughter of Jonas and Lucy (Eager) Morse of Shrewsbury, Mass.;
born 25 April, 1840; died 22 April, 1793; married (2), 11 Feb.,
1795, Puah Mellen, widow of John (she had nine children by her
first marriage), who died 4 Feb., 1821, ae. about 76.
He graduated from Harvard College, A. B., 1764. In 1770 he
received an urgent call from the church in Fitzwilliam to become its
pastor. He was to receive two lots of land of 100 acres each, and
two other lots were to be reserved for the use of the minister. He
was to receive eighty pounds in money and an annual salary of<£53
6s.8d., from time of acceptance for three years, then an additional
sum yearly until it had reached £66 13s. 4!d. He accepted, and spent
the rest of his life in charge of this church. He was a man of fine
character and a minister who preserved harmony in his parish.
Several of his manuscript sermons are extant. He was Representa-
tive to Exeter Provincial Congress, 1775. He was interred in the
* " 2 June, 1780. Dr. Gershom Brigham makes me a visit respecting the
baptism of his new-born Twins."— Parkman Diary.
166 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
central part of the old graveyard in Fitzwilliam, and in 1809 the
town appropriated $20 to buy gravestones for him.
Children (by first wife), baptized in Fitzvnlliam :
290 i Lucinda', bapt. 22 March, 1772.
11 Lucy, bapt. 13 June, 1773; m. 27 Nov., 1793, Gen. James Hum-
phrey; res. Athol, Mass.
ill Benjamin Franklin, bapt. 3 Sept., 1775; d. 13 Oct., 1801; m.
8 Nov., 1796, SaUy, dau. of Abner and Martha (Ward) HaskeU;
she was dismissed, 12 March, 1804, to a church in Penn.; he
moved from Fitzwilliam to Colchester, Vt., in 1799. Ch., b.
in Fitzwilliam:
1 Fanny', b. 22 Dec, 1796.
2 Benjamin Franklin, b. 24 Jan., 1799.
3 Adolphus, b. 5 Sept., 1801.
291 iv Elisha«, bapt. 1 Aug., 1779.
122 CALEBS son of Benjamin* and Hannah (Merrill) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 20 Nov., 1743; died 13 Sept., 1829;
married 3 Sept., 1766, Hannah, daughter of Daniel and Zeriah
(Eager) Barnes; born 4 April, 1743. He was born at the original
homestead of Thomas- in ]\Iarlboro, and held town offices there as
late as 1776.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Hannah', b. 17 April, 1767; m. Mr. Gates of New Marlboro,
Mass.
ii Dorothy, b. 27 Aug., 1770; d. unm.
292 iii Willard, b. 1 Oct., 1772.
iv Francis, b. 25 Aug., 1776; d. 24 Nov., 1796, while attending
Harvard Univ.
293 V Caleb, b. 26 Dec, 1778.
vi David, b. 8 March, 1781; m. Betsey Trowbridge; moved to
New York; a son was a printer or editor in Albany, N. Y.
123 BENAJAH^ son of Benjamin* and Hannah (Merrill)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 15 March, 1745-6; died 7 Dec,
1822; married, 12 Sept., 1771, Abigail, daughter of Peter Bent of
Marlboro, a descendant of the distinguished Peter Bent; born 29
Jan., 1754; died in Boston, 1837. He first resided in Westboro,
where he was chosen on a school committee in 1778; afterwards he
resided in Marlboro, where he was constable in 1785.
Children, probably the 5 elder born in Westboro, the others in Marlboro:
i Annas", b. 15 March, 1772; m. Jonathan Barnard of Lancaster,
Mass., who d. 5 March, 1824, ae. 60. Ch. (Barnard), b. in Lan-
caster :
1 Jonathan', b. 23 Dec, 1795; d. 12 Feb., 1799.
2 Benajah, b. 13 Sept., 1798; d. 4 Oct., 1805.
3 Julia, b. 28 Dec, 1803; d. 5 Sept., 1805.
294 ii Benajah, b. 7 June, 1774.
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295 iii Ephraim, b. 2 July, 1776.
296 iv Peter W., b. 10 May, 1779.
297 V Jabez, b. 12 March, 1781.
vi Mary, b. 4 July, 1784; m. (1) William Lancaster; m. (2)
Rev. ; res. New Salem.
vii Zenas, b. 20 March, 1786; d. in West Medway, Mass., where he
res. 28 May, 1878; m. 1816, Nancy, dau. of Ralph Mann, of
West Medway; she d. 1826. Ch., b. in Westboro:
1 Marian AJ, b, 16 Jan., 1817; d. 6 July, 1896; m. 28 April,
1836, Eleazer T. Bullard of West Medway, who d. 1888. Ch.
(Bullard): i Nancy Brigham', b. 15 Feb., 1838; ii Marian Ade-
laide, b. 20 June, 1839; d. 3 Sept., 1875; m. Warren H. Howe of
Marlboro; (had Mabel, who m. Herbert J. Mann of Boston
and Nashua) ; iii Juha Estelle, b. IB Feb., 1851 ; d. July,
1852; iv William Brighara, b. 3 Sept., 1853; v Helen Flor-
ence, b. 23 June, 1855.
viii John, b. 16 Sept., 1790; m. and removed West,
ix William, b. 28 Dec, 1792; d. in Westboro, 9 Oct., 1818.
124 HANNAH^ daughter of Benjamin* and Hannah (Merrill)
Brigham, born in Marlboro, Mass., 1 May, 1748; died 14 Jan., 1815;
married, 21 June, 1769, Hezekiah Maynard, Jr., of Marlboro; born
20 Jan., 1742; died 14 March, 1824.
Children (Maynard), born in Marlboro:
i Bethiah^ b. 9 April, 1770.
ii Zadock, b. 4 Sept., 1771; d. 1776.
iii (Capt.) Abel, b. 3 June, 1773; d. 31 Oct., 1811; m. Nancy .
Ch.:
1 William'.
iv John, b. 9 Aug., 1775; m. 7 Sept., 1794, Dorothy Hay den. Ch.:
1 Thomas''; 2 Martin; 3 Susanna.
V Silas, b. 12 Sept., 1777; d. 4 Aug., 1806.
vi Calvin, b. 3 Aug., 1779.
vii Hannah, b. 28 Feb., 1782.
viii Hezekiah, b, 29 Feb., 1784.
ix Luther, b. 9 Aug., 1785; d. 6 Feb., 1815.
X Joel, b. 26 May, 1788.
xi Charles, b. 9 June, 1790.
xii Willard, b. 7 Sept., 1792; d. 6 Jan., 1815.
125 GERSHOM% son of Benjamin* and Hannah (Merrill)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 27 June, 1750; died in Fayston,
Vt., 22 Oct., 1817; married, 23 May, 1783, Sarah, daughter of Sam-
uel and Mary (Loring) Allen; born in Northboro, Mass., 9 Dec,
1756; died in Fayston, 30 Aug., 1829.
He had land of his father Benjamin, just west of the old
Warren Brigham place on Glen St., where he built a house and
barn near the intersection with Forest St.; it was sold by Gershom
when he moved to New Hampshire. He marched with Capt.
William Brigham's Co. of "Minute Men" in 1775. In 1795
Gershom moved from Marlboro to Winchester, N. H. (vide deed
168 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
which exists of property owned there), and 12 years later, 1807,
to Fayston, Washington Co., Vt., where he settled upon the home-
stead which descended to his son, Elisha, then to Elisha's son-in-
law, George O. Boyce, who married Elisha's daughter, Laura. He
came to a wooded wilderness which had to be cleared, and as his
health was not strong for many years (he was a paralytic), Elisha
took charge of affairs, before his father died at the age of 68.
He was a man about 5 ft. 7 inches in height, rather spare, black
hair and eyes. Sarah Allen was tall with light brown hair and very
light blue eyes standing out prominently; her forehead was very
high, broad, and rather retreating. They lie buried in the hill
cemetery overlooking the home of their closing years.*
Children, the 5 eldest born in Marlboro, the others in Winchester, N. H.:
298 i Leonard Warren', b. 16 July, 1785.
299 ii Polly, b. 17 Oct., 1786.
ill Sarah, b. 16 May, 1789; d. s. p., April, 1830; m. George Grimes.
300 iv Elisha, b. 22 Oct., 1792.
301 V Benjamin Baxter, b. 28 May, 1795.
302 vi Alvin L., 21 Oct., 1798.
303 vii Rebecca M., b. 27 Feb., 1802.
126 STEPHEN% son of Elnathan* and Brigham;
born in Mansfield, Conn., 1744'; died 7 May, 1816; married (1)
; married (2), Hannah, daughter of Bennet and Eliza-
beth (Spofford) Field, born 26 May, 1747. He resided in
Mansfield.
In Sept., 1777^ he was permitted to transport to Boston, by land,
1600 lbs. of rye and wheat flour, 400 lbs. cheese and 200 lbs. butter,
to be exchanged for iron and steel; also to exchange for salt, 2 tons
of rye and wheat flour, 1400 lbs. cheese, 600 lbs. butter; also to
drive to Boston, 40 fat cattle and 250 fat sheep. He was appointed
Ensign of the 8th Co., 5th State Regt., May, 1779 (Recs. of Conn.,
Vol. 1).
Children (by first wife), born in Mansfield:
i Eunice", b. 15 Feb., 1776; d. 9 June, 1841; m. 23 Feb., 179—,
Elijah Royce; res. Woodstock.
ii Asenath, m. Wright.
iii Anna, m. Parker.
iv Lucretia, m. Isaac Morey. Ch. (Morey), b. in Coventry:
1 Elisha'.
Children (by second wife), born in Mansfield:
304 V Elizabeth.
305 vi Stephen, b. 5 Feb., 1774.
vii Hannah, d. unm., in Mansfield.
* Two slate stones are in the old " Waite Cemetery " — each with urn and
drooping willows at top. " Gershom Brigham died Oct. 22, 18 17, aged 68 years.
Clay to clay and dust to dust." " Sarah (Allen) wife of Gershom Brigham died
Aug. 30, 1829, aged 73 years. Dust to dust and clay to clay." On each is a
quartrain (almost illegible) at the bottom.
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Vj^*r«Ja« ^tSmsr^BviUyS'^
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FIFTH GENERATION 169
viii Clarissa, m. (1) Gerry Russ; m. (2) Raphael Storrs, who d. ;
res. Mansfield.
ix Ellsha, d.; m. ; res. New York. Ch.:
1 Elisha', and 2 daus.
X Spofford, m. Myrick; res. s. p., Rockville, Ct.
xi PoUy, b. about 1785; d." 27 April, 1807, ae. 22; m. Cephas Dun-
ham; res. Willington, Conn. Ch. (Dunham):
1 Lewis Brigham\ res. Marquette, la.
xii Sally, d. 27 June, 1808, se. 20.
127 CAPT. THOMAS^ son of Paul* and Catherine (Turner)
Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 7 March, 1742; died there, 10
Ma}^, 1800; married, 5 Feb., 1769^ Susanna Eels, who died 21 June,
1813. He resided in Coventry, Conn.
Children, born in Coventry:
306 i Alexander", b. 26 Jan., 1770.
ii Salinda, b. 26 April, 1772; d. 29 Dec, 1775.
307 iii Orleans, b. 10 Dec, 1773.
Iv Thomas, b. 13 July, 1775; d. 27 Nov., 1775.
308 V Don Ferdinand, b. .
309 vi Royal, b. 27 Sept., 1779.
vii Eunice, b. 17 Dec, 1782; d. of consumption, 1 Nov., 1805, in
Coventry.
128 LIEUT.-GOV. PAUL^ son of Paul* and Catherine
(Turner) Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 6 Jan., 1746; died in
Norwich, Vt., of a long and distressing illness, 15 June, 1824; mar-
ried, 6 Oct., 1768, Lydia Sawyer of Hebron, Conn., who died 19
Sept., 1838, ae. 93.
He had served in the Connecticut militia in every grade from cor-
poral to captain, long enough, at the time of the Revolutionary War,
to be exempt from service. Nevertheless, he entered the Continental
Army as captain, 1 Jan., 1777, and served 4 years in Col. Chandler's
regiment, afterwards commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman; received
his discharge 22 April, 1781; was in the battles of Germantown,
Fort Mifflin and Monmouth, and wintered in Valley Forge, 1777-'78.
In 1782 he removed from Coventry, Conn., to Norwich, Vt., where
he was town clerk, 1784-'96; high sheriff of Windsor Co. 5 years;
appointed Judge of County Court for Windsor County, June, 1785,
serving 5 years; in 1788, elected Brig.-General of 3d Brigade;
1787, elected chairman of committee to apprehend, in Vermont, the
supporters of Shay's Rebellion, who had fled there; in 1788, member
of State Land Commissioners; was member of the Legislature; in
1791, elected to Vermont Council, and was on committee to nominate
men for the first Board of Trustees of Univ. of Vermont; also elected
Maj .-General of 4th Div. of Militia. He received 27 elections
from the people at large, 1 as Presidential Elector, 5 as Councillor,
21 as Lieut.-Governor, when he declined further election. He was
the first elected Lieut.-Governor and served 20 years. He received
170 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
the degree of Hon, A. M. from Dartmouth College in 1806. He
had a military funeral.*
Children, born in Coventry:
310 1 Thomas*, b. 23 March, 1769.
ii Mary, b. 12 Oct., 1770; d. March, 1773.
311 iii Don J., b. 24 March, 1774.
312 iv Paul W., b. 26 Oct., 1776.
V Lydia, b. 5 Oct., 1778; d. 1872; m. Joseph Lathrop, a fanner of
Middlesex and Worcester, Vt., who d. 1837. Ch. (Lathrop):
1 Benjamin', had a family in Worcester, Vt.
2 D wight, had 2 daus. ; res. Berlin, Vt.
— ' 3 Brigham, had a family in western part of N. Y. State.
.4 Lucia, m. Stephen Willey of Middlesex, Vt. ; 3 ch.
5 Albert, d. early in New Orleans, La.
129 HANNAH^ daughter of Uriah* and Lydia (Ward) Brig-
ham; born in Coventry, Conn., 9 April, 1746; died 6 April, 1813;
married, 19 May, 1766, Jacob Baker, son of Dea. Jonathan and
Hannah (Baker) Gurley; born in Mansfield, Conn., 28 July, 1742;
died 20 Feb., 1804. Was a farmer, prominent man, holding town
offices, and a leading member of the North Parish church in Mans-
field. Was in the Revolution.
Children (Ourley), born in Mansfield:
i Lydia", b. 6 June, 1767; d. 12 Aug., 1787; m. 24 Dec, 1786,
Benjamin Pierce of Brooklyn, Conn.
ii Artemas, b. 9 April, 1769; d. 18 May, 1822; m. (1) Sarah Steele;
m. (2) Mrs. Martha (Shepard) Hovey; was a farmer, repre-
sentative, etc. Ch. :
1 Lovinia'; 2 Sarah; 3 Abigail; 4 George; 5 Charles; 6 In-
fant; 7 Infant; 8 Uriah Brigham of Deansville, N. Y.
iii Jacob Baker, b. 2 Aug., 1771; d. at res. in New London, Conn.,
24 Sept., 1856; one of the ablest lawyers in the city; m. Eliza-
beth Griswold of Lyme, Conn.; was grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1793.
Ch.:
1 Sarah''; 2 Mary; 3 Charles, who d. soon after grad. from
Yale Coll., 1827; 4 Elizabeth; 5 Ursula; 6 Hannah; 7 Han-
nah Brigham,; 8 John; 9 Ellen; 19 Lydia; 11 Ann.
iv Uriah, b. 30 May, 1774; d. 4 Oct., 1775.
V Ebenezer, b. 25 July, 1776; d. 3 July, 1864; m. Sally Balcom;
a farmer. Ch.:
1 Jacob''; 2 Emily; 3 Ebenezer; 4 Joseph, d. y. ; 5 Sarah.
vi Abigail, b. 7 Feb., 1778; d. 29 Jan., 1855; m. Elijah Hinckley
of Cambridge, Vt. Ch.:
1 Chauncey''.
vii Uriah Brigham, b. 19 Nov., 1780; d. Oct., 1783.
viii Mercia, b. 24 March, 1782; d. Dec, 1783.
ix Lucia, b. 14 Nov., 1784; d. unm., 20 March, 1864.
X Hannah, b. 5 May, 1791; d. 18 March, 1884; m. Anson Turner,
a farmer of Mansfield. Ch. (Turner) :
1 Ursula'; 2 Mary, both d. y.; 3 Phinea^s; 4 Henry; 5 Hannah
Brigham, d. unm.; 6 Jacob.
* Compiled from Gov. & Council of Vt., Vols, iii and iv.
FIFTH GENERATION 171
130 BETHIAH% daughter of Uriah* and Ann (Richardson)
Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 14 July, 1757; died in New
Lisbon, N. Y., 20 July, 1838; married, 30 Jan., 1782, Zaccheus,
son of Andrew Downer; born in Norwich, Conn., 13 Nov., 1755;
moved to Utica, N. Y., where he died 17 July, 1851. He was in the
Revolution from Vermont and pensioned; a Justice of the Peace and
contributor to the press.
Children (Downer), all but the youngest born in Sharon, Vt.:
i Norman', b. 25 Oct., 1782; died in Utica, N. Y,, 25 Jan., 1854;
m. (1) Phebe Davis; m. (2) Laura Gregory. Ch.:
1 Don SJ; 2 Lovina; 3 Norman; 4 John; 5 Charles; 6 Mary;
7 Phebe; 8 Diana; 9 Almira.
ii Don, b. 25 Feb., 1T84; d. 25 March, 1850.
iii Jeannette, b. 30 March, 1786; d. 5 March, 1854; m. (1)
Blood; m. (2) Reed.
iv Dana, b. 4 July, 1788; d. in Utica, Q2 Sept., 1863; m. Cynthia
Monger. Ch. :
1 Edward'.
V Mary, b. 17 May, 1791; m. Uriah Kimball; they moved to Wis-
consin, and she d. 9 April, 1830.
vi Andrew Otis, b. 25 July, 1796; d. in Detroit, Mich., 3 June,
1876; m. Esther Emerson. Ch.:
1 Mary J? ; 2 Sarah M.; 3 Emily E.; 4 William A.; 5 Henry E.
vii Zaccheus, b. in Springfield, N. Y., 8 March, 1799; d. Sullivan,
Ind., Sept., 1876; m. Harriet Thatcher. Ch.:
1 Albert FJ; 2 Sanford B.; 3 Augustus; 4 Ava C; 5 Julia A.
131 ANNA^, daughter of Uriah* and Ann (Richardson) Brig-
ham; born in Coventry, Conn., 14 Oct., 1759; died 11 Feb., 1845;
married, 17 May, 1781, Lemuel, son of Samuel White; born in Coven-
try, 30 Dec, 1758; moved to Batavia, N. Y., where died, 7 Aug.,
1850.
Children {White):
i Percy', b. 14 Jan., 1782; d. 20 Sept., 1^798.
ii Brigham, b. 1 July, 1783; d. 27 June, 1839.
iii Grace, b. 15 Dec, 1786; res. Middlebury, Vt.
iv Laura, b. 16 April, 1788; m. Reuben Ross of Middlebury.
V Chester, b. 1 Feb., 1790; d. 10 Feb., 1790.
vi Chester, b. 14 Feb., 1793; m. Lucy TopMff; he was a farmer in
Batavia, N. Y. Ch.:
1 Harrison' ; 2 Mary; 3 Emily ; 4 Lemuel; 5 Maria; 6 Laura;
7 Ann; 8 Eliza; 9 Kirke.
vii Lemuel, b. 9 April, 1796; d. 5 May, 1840; m. EUza Mathews;
he was a harness maker in Buffalo, N. Y. Ch.:
1 William CJ; 2 Ann M.; 3 Eliza; 4 John B.; 5 Walton O.
viii Lucy, b. 9 June, 1802; d. 15 Nov., 1820.
132 DON CARLOS% son of Uriah* and Ann (Richardson)
Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 21 Feb., 1763; died 27 March,
1843; married, 7 June, 1789, Mary (or Polly) Greenleaf; born in
172 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Coventry, 7 Jan., 1764; died 30 Oct., 1845. He resided in Mans-
field, Conn, (some records say Hartford). Was in the Revolution,
as he is noted in records as being a pensioner in 1832.
Children, born in Mansfield:
i (Dr.) Norman% b. 7 March, 1790; d. s. p., 15 Oct., 1871, in Mans-
field, where res.; m. Pamelia Dunham, who d. 11 Jan., 187-2; was
a physician of professional eminence and extensive practice;
served in many town offices, and was representative a number of
times,
ii Gurdon, b. 23 April, 1792; d. 11 June, 1804.
iii Mary, b. 12 Feb., 1794; m. 1 Sept., 1825, John Kingsbury of
Tolland, Conn. Ch. (Kingsbury), b. in Tolland:
1 John B.\ m. (1) Mary Ann Kellogg; m. (2) Carrie Rogers;
res. Rockville, Conn.
2 George, m. Mary Crone. Ch.: i Adelaide^ res. W. Hartford;
ii Jennie, m. Halsey L. Allen, res. Rockville; iii Elizabeth, m.
Elmer Adams, res. s. p., Rockville; iv Mary, m. Frank Holton,
res. Ellington, Conn.; v George, d. y.
313 iv Charles, b. 29 Jan., 1797.
V David, b. 10 March, 1802; d. 19 Jan., 1804.
vi Eliza Ripley, b. 3 April, 1805; d. 5 April, 1891; m. 9 Dec, 1834,
Richmond C. Lovet of Tolland, Conn. Ch. (Lovet), b. in Tolland:
1 Eliza T:, b. 10 June, 1836; m. 1860, Daniel S. Hunter of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Ch. (Hunter): i Mary E.% m. Frank U.
Smith of Minneapolis, Minn.; ii James F., m. Cornelia Adams,
New Haven, Conn.; iii Bernie, unm., res. Brooklyn; iv Harry
R., m. res. Brooklyn.
2 Eugene, b. 7 April, 1838; m. Emma Weis; res. Merced Falls,
Cal. Ch.: Merton^ m. and res. Palo Alto, Cal.
vii Susan Ann, b. 31 Dec, 1807; d. Tolland, 1 Feb., 1863; m. 29
Nov., 1831, John Webb Gager of Tolland. Ch. (Gager), b.
in Tolland:
1 Mary BJ, b. 25 Aug., 1833.
2 Andrew, b. 19 Oct., 1835; d. 3 Sept., 1901.
3 Ann Eliza, b. 5 Nov., 1S39; d. 1 Aug., 1870.
4 Lois, b. 11 Jan., 1847; d. 26 April, 1899.
5 Charles A., h. 6 March, 1851.
133 CEPHAS^ son of Uriah* and Ann (Richardson) Brigham;
born in Coventry, Conn., Dec, 1765; died (probably) in South
Coventry, Conn., 17 May, 1841; married, 14 May, 1786, Amelia
Robertson, born about 1764; died in 1845, ae. 81. Her family were
of Newbury, Mass. He resided in So. Coventry, where he held
many town offices, and was a member of the General Assembly of
Conn.
Children, bom in South Coventry:
i Anna", m. 9 Oct., 1806, Roderick Dimock of Mansfield, Conn.;
res. Coventry,
ii Lucia, m. Horace Russ; res. Coventry.
iii Sally, m. 29 Nov., 1810, Artemas Russ of Mansfield; res.
Coventry.
iv Uriah, m. (1) 26 April, 1825, Emily Wright; m. (2) Harriet
Nye: res. s. p., Coventry.
FIFTH GENERATION 173
314 V Daniel R., b. 6 Aug., 1895.
vi Eveline L., m. Gurdon Fuller; res. Vernon,
vii Maria, m. 4 July, 18;31, Levi Allen; res. Mansfield,
viii Emily, m. Roderick Dimock; res. Coventry,
ix Julia, m. Abner Mason; res. Coventry.
315 X Edwin G.
134 HOSEA^, son of SamueP and Mary Brigham; born in
Sudbury, Mass., 6 Sept., 1750; he was living in Hubbardstown,
Mass., in 1782, where he died, 17 Dec, 1817; married Catherine
Davis of Holden, Mass., who died in Hubbardstown, 19 Oct., 1823,
ae. 74 (Vide Hist, of Hubbardston).
Children, born in Hubbardston:
316 i Peter*, b. 3 Oct., 1781.
317 ii Joseph, b. 9 Aug., 1785.
iii Samuel, b. 12 May, 1787; moved to New York State,
iv Betsey, b. 12 Aug., 1792; d. 15 March, 1851.
135 JOEL^, son of Samuel* and Mary Brigham; born in Sud-
bury, Mass., 5 March, 1756; died there, 25 June, 1813; married, 25
April, 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Esther Maynard;
born in Sudbury, 25 March, 1759; died there, 6 Sept., 1846. He
was a soldier from Sudbury, 1775-1782; had a fine Revolutionary
record. The full story is too long to print here. He was 5 ft. 10
in. in height; had a " ruddy " complexion and dark hair.* He re-
sided in Sudbury and Leominster, Mass.
Children, born in Sudbury:
318 i Asa^ b. 16 Feb., 1785.
ii Betsey, b. 8 July, 1786; d. in Sudburj^, 27 Oct., 1830; m.
Carlton.
319 iii Joel, b. 16 March, 1788.
iv Esther, b. 28 Sept., 1789; m. 9 June, 1811, William Hunt, Jr.
Ch. (Hunt):
1 AbeV ; 2 Mary; 3 Andrew; 4 Lizzie; 5 Asahel; 6 Thomas;
7 George; 8 Abbie.
v Lucinda, b. 14 March, 1791; m. Reuben Moore, 23 Dec, 1821.
Ch. (Moore) :
1 Eunice E?, m. Edwin Harrington of Sudbury, 27 Nov., 1845.
Ch. (Harrington): George E.% b. 27 Oct., 1846; m. (1) Alice
E. Brown, 13 June, 1878; she d. 19 Nov., 1879; m. (2) M.
Edna Newton; 3 ch.
320 vi Polly, b. 29 Dec, 1792.
vii Sally, b. 1 April, 1794; d. 9 Oct., 1796.
viii Otis, b. 15 May, 1796; d. in Sudbury, 12 June, 1842; m .
Ch.:
1 Elizabeth'.
ix Sally, b. 20 Dec, 1797; m. Joel Dakin; no further reported.
X John, b. 29 Nov., 1799; no further reported,
xi Rebecca, b. 5 March, 1801; no further reported.
321 xii Nancy, b. 16 Aug., 1803.
* See Mass. Records of Sailors and Soldiers, p. 530.
174 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
136 JONAS ^, son of Samuel* and Mary Brigham; born in
Sudbury^ Mass., 26 May, 1758; resided for a time at "Nelson";
thence to Dublin, N. H., where died, 11 Feb., 1850; married (1),
in Sudbury, 10 Nov., 1780, Polly Wyman; married (2), 1807,
Dorcas, widow of Oliver Pratt. Was probably in service with the
Northern Army in the Revolution, in 1777.
Children (by first wife), born in Sudbury:
i Levi', b. 29 Feb., 1781.
ii Jonas, b. 22 Sept., 1783.
Children (by second wife):
ill Ruel, b. 30 May, 1808; m. (1) 2 June, 1835, Prudence, dau. of
James Bums, b. 17 Dec, 1811; d. 11 Oct., 1848; m. (2) 28
Jan., 1850, Maria J., dau. of Moses Cragin, b. in N. Y., 2 Jan.,
1832; he probably res. for a while in Dubhn. Ch. (by first
wife) :
1 Jane'', b. 19 Jan., 1838.
2 George, b. 15 Sept., 1843; d. 7 March, 1845.
iv Mary H., b. 1 April, 1818.
137 CAPT. SAMUEL^ son of John* and Gate (Willis) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 3 March, 1775; died 28 Nov., 1843;
married, 3 Jan., 1799, Lucy Osborn, who died 9 Sept., 1825. Re-
sided in Waltham, Mass.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i George^ b. 25 Feb., 1800; d. in Newton, Mass., 6 Sept., 1873.
ii Henry, b. 5 April, 1802; d. in Newton, Mass., 27 Nov., 1874.
iii Cynthia, b. 9 June, 1804; d. 20 Sept., 1886; m. 24 Nov., 1841,
Dea. Adin Cummings of Rindge and Jaffrey, N. H.; b. 4 Dec,
1797; d. 28 July, 1870. Ch. (Cummings):
1 John CJ, b. 1843; d. 1863, on the way home from the Civil
War.
iv Warren, b. 12 June, 1806; d. in E. Jaffrey, N. H., 31 May, 1882.
v John, b. 10 Aug., 1808; d. unm., 18 Feb., 1869, in Abington, Mass.
vi Eliza, b. 9 June, 1810; d. in Concord, Mass., 10 July, 1845; m.
Jeflferson Reed, who d. 18 Sept., 1878. Ch. (Reed):
1 Lucy''; 2 Charles; 3 George.
vii Samuel, b. 22 Oct., 1812; d. 22 Oct., 1813.
viii Lucy Ann, b. 27 June, 1815; m. Henry H. Hart, who d. 23 April,
1882.
ix Sarah, b. 27 May, 1817; d. unm., in Rindge, N. H., 6 March,
1847.
138 ELIJAH% son of John* and Gate (Willis) Brigham; born
in Sudbury, Mass., 13 Oct., 1776; died in Waltham, Mass., 26 Oct.,
1848; married (1), 20 March, 1803, Mary, daughter of Capt. Isaac
Gleason, Jr.; born 2 Feb., 1779; died 18 May, 1815; married (2),
Leonora , who died 17 July, 1840, se. 54.
Children (by first ^cife), bom in Sudbury:
322 i Danforth Phipps«, b. 30 Dec, 1803.
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323 ii William, b. 27 March, 1805.
ill Mary, b. 4 July, 1806; d. 30 Aug., 1825.
iv Elijah, b. 29 June, 1808; d. unm., 14 Aug., 1837, in Sudbury.
V Charles, b. 17 April, 1810; d. 13 Oct., 1810.
vi Charles, b. 6 June, 1811; d. 26 Nov., 1811.
vii Catherine, b. 23 March, 1813; d. 5 July, 1876, in Lowell, Mass;
m. 31 Aug., 1832, Otis Bullard of Lowell; res. Boston. Ch.
(BuUard) :
1 Mary Jane', h. 25 Nov., 1833; d. 15 Sept., 1834.
2 George Jeferson, b. 26 Aug., 1836; d. 16 Jan., 1837.
3 Lucy Frances, b. 12 Jan., 1840; d. 22 April, 1841.
4 George Francis, b. 22 March, 1841; m. 10 March, 1864, Elvira
Caroline Rowe of Thornton, N. H.; res. Lowell.
viii Isaac, b. 27 July, 1814; d. 3 Dec, 1814.
Children {by second wife), born in Sudbury:
ix Martha Ann, b. 7 Jan., 1823.
X Leonora Wellington, b. 22 April, 1824.
xi Mary Elizabeth, b. 21 Jan., 1829,
139 EBER^ son of John* and Gate (Willis) Brigham; born in
Sudbury, Mass., 28 June, 1778; married, 3 Dec, 1809, Lucy Arnold
of Lancaster, Mass., who died 24 Aug., 1863.
Children, born in Sudbury:
324 i Samuel".
ii James, d. before 1861 ; m. 27 Jan., 1833, Lucy Balcom, who d.
13 Sept., 1861. Ch.:
1 Infanf, d. 1841, ae. 1 year.
2 Miranda, m. ; has a son res. Lowell, Mass.
140 CAPT. WILLI AM^ son of John* and Gate (Willis) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 20 Dec, 1784; died there, 3 July,
1879; married (1), 1812, Sarah Osborn, who died 24 May, 1859;
married (2), 12 June, I860, Mrs. Mary B. Ghristie.
He was Gapt. of a Militia Go. in 1812, and offered himself for the
war, but was never called out; he was selectman from 1817-1824;
filled many other town offices, but declined many; chairman of the
Gongregational Ghurch Building Gommittee, and chairman for four
years of the Gommittee for building the Town House; a member
of the Gommittee on the " Wadsworth monument," representative to
the General Gourt from 1832-37, and thus one of the leading citizens
of Sudbury, and a very benevolent man, withal.
Children, born in Sudbury:
325 i RufusS b. 11 Jan., 1818.
ii Sarah, d. ; m. Robert Scott of Newport, Vt., who d.
Ch. (Scott):
r Lillian'; 2 Bert A.; 3 Arthur F.
141 JOHN^ son of Lieut. Abijah* and Eunice (Willis) Brigr
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 19 May, 1762; died in Rutland,
176 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Mass., 10 Jan. (or June), 1833; married, 20 May, 1786, Ann
Eunice Moore of Sudbury; born 10 April., 1768; died in Watertown,
Mass., 20 May, 1862, ae. 94. Resided in Sudbury and Rutland, and
was a member of the militia of Sudbury; was in the Revolutionary
War in 1776, and in 1779.
Children, the first 5 born in Sudbury, the last 4 in Rutland:
326 1 Roxey«, b. 7 Jan., 1788.
ii Oreb, b. 25 July, 1789; d. unm., in Watertown, Mass., 12 Dec,
1869, ae. 80.
327 iii Abijah, b. 17 March, 1791.
iv Susannah Woodward, b. 15 May, 1793; d. unm., in Watertown,
Mass., 5 Oct., 1879.
328 V John, b. 22 March, 1795.
vi Sewell, b. 2 March, 1797; d. unm., in Watertown, 11 April, 1870.
vii Horatio, b. 16 Sept., 1800; d. unm., in Burke Co., Ga., 20 Sept.,
1835.
viii James Moore, b. 4 Jan., 1807; d. unm., in Watertown, 8 Jan.,
1855.
329 ix William, b. 11 Aug., 1810.
142 JOSEPH^ son of Lieut, Abijah^ and Eunice (Willis)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 26 Sept., 1764; died there, 12
Jan., 1842; married, 5 April, 1795, Rebecca, daughter of Charles
Haynes (who was in the Revolution) ; born in Sudbury, 29 Jan.,
1770; died there, 12 Jan., 1853. Was a farmer and resided in
Sudbury.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i NancyS b. 11 March, 1796; d. 14 June, 1878; m. (1) 28 Oct.,
1819, Daniel Crocker of Albany, N. Y., who d. 9 May, 1825; m.
(2) 14 July, 1833, Benjamin Harris of Russellville, Ala. Ch.
(Crocker) :
1 Alphonso'', d. unm., 6 July, 1851.
Ch. (Harris):
2 (Dr.) John C, b. in Russellville; d. s. p., 8 Aug., 1899.
3 Rebecca B., m. Harvey Sargeant of Russellville. Ch. (Sar-
geant) : i Lucy^ m. Williams ; ii B. Harris ; iii H.
Owen; iv Bessie; v Rebecca.
330 ii Lewis, b. 27 Oct., 1797.
331 iii Eunice, b. 19 Dec, 1798.
iv (Rev.) Alanson, b. 11 Oct., 1802; d. unm., in Meadville, Pa., 24
Aug., 1833; grad. A. B., Harvard College, 1826; A. M., Div.
School, 1831 ; was a Unitarian clergyman.
v Esther H., b. 30 March, 1805; m. 25 Dec, 1833, Josiah H.
Adams. Ch. (Adams) :
1 Caroline', b. 21 July, 1825; d. ; m.
Toyier; had dau. Carrie*, who m. Johnson.
2 John, b. 21 May, 1827; d. ; was Supt. Fitchburg
Ry. ; had a son John F.*
3 Joseph B., b. 24 Feb., 1830; d. ; m. .
Ch. : Josephine^ who m. Lord, and d. Oct., 1904.
4 Rebecca, b. 24 March, 1832; d. .
5 Eunice, b. 1 March., 1835; d. .
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333 vi Rebeccah, b. 28 Aug., 1807.
333 vii Charles, b. 16 July, 1811.
viii Abijah, twin to Charles; d. unm., on home farm, 9 April, 1897.
143 ANNA% daughter of Dr. Samuel* and Anna (Gott) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 29 Oct., 1753; died, 1803; married,
21 May, 1772, Isaac Davis; born 27 Feb., 1749; died 27 April,
1826. She was brought up at the home of Capt. Maynard in West-
boro, whom her mother married as her second husband. She lived
in Westboro after her marriage.* Some of her descendants live
there still.
Children (Davis), born in Westboro:
i Phineas".
ii Isaac, b. 1779; f m. PoUy Rice, dau. of 86.
iii Joseph.
iv John, (Gov.), b. 1787; d. 1854; was called "Honest John Davis."
He represented his town in the Legislature and was sent to
Congress as senator; he was thrice governor of Massachusetts,
serving in 1834-35, and 1841-43.
144 DR. SAMUEL^ son of Dr. Samuel* and Anna (Gott)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 21 Aug., 1756, a posthumous
child; died in Boylston, Mass, 24 June, 1830; married, in North-
boro, 17 Feb., 1789, Mary, daughter of Stephen and sister of Dr.
Stephen Ball of that place; born in Northboro, 10 May, 1766; died
in Boylston, 10 Aug., 1852.
He was one of 4 young men from Westboro, of the name of Brig-
ham, who joined the same class at Dartmouth College on the eve of
the Revolution, the others being the future Hon. Elijah^ Brigham,
and Moses*' and Eli^ Brigham. Samuel joined the army under Wash-
ington in 1777, as paymaster, and was present at the execution of
Maj. Andre. He returned to college and was graduated in 1779- He
then read medicine with Dr. Stephen Ball of Northboro, and began
to practice in that part of Boylston which was once Shrewsbury.
The old homestead is in the northeast part of Boylston, about half
a mile from the town line of Berlin, and about 4 miles from Clinton,
where some of his descendants live. Great things were expected
of him, but before he could take the rank among practitioners which
he might have attained, he met with a serious accident to the calf
of his leg, was incapacitated from walking without crutches, and
thus seriously handicapped in his profession as a country doctor.
* " Isaac Davis, a young tanner, who came to town to teach his trade to Capt.
Maynard's son, had married Anne Brigham, step-daughter of Capt. Maynard, in
1772. They had four sons. . . . They were living at this time in the house
recently occupied by Hiram Broaders. In 1781 they bought the Dea. Tonlin place
which has been known since as the Davis homestead. Isaac and his sons became
■wealthy men, and they and their descendants, who take pride in the name of Davis,
have held many positions of honor and trust." — Parkman Diary.
t " 31 Oct., 1779, I baptized Mr. Davis' son Isaac." — Parkman Diary.
178 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
He became a magistrate and a writer of essays and verse. Morse
states that he read some of Dr. Brigham's writings which showed
him to have been a man of letters and of original thought as well as
a patriot. IMorse also says that he composed music as a recreation.
This may very well have been the case, as he was brought up in the
home of Capt. Maynard in Westboro, who was the richest man of
his day there, and undoubtedly young Brigham had opportunities
for self-culture and training beyond the curriculum of the college.
He was related to the Parkmans and often mentioned in the Park-
man Diary.
Children, horn in Boylston:
i Rowena, b. in 1T89; d. 17 July, 1839; m. 7 Jan., 1808, Timothy
Whitney, Jr., of Boyleston. Ch. (Whitney) :
1 Theresa', b. 14 Aug., 1808; d. 13 Aug., 1810.
2 Mary, b. 30 Nov., 1809; m. 24 Feb., 1829, Timothy Hastings.
3 Theresa, b. 19 Feb., 1811; m. 21 May, 1816, Lyman Maynard.
4 Rowena, b. 7 March, 1813.
5 Amos, b. 28 Feb., 1815; d. in Worcester.
6 Emily, b. 10 Jan., 1817; m. Lawrence.
7 Dorothy, b. 19 Sept., 1818.
8 Lucy, b. 8 Dec, 1820.
9 William, b. 5 April, 1823; m. Ruth Grossman.
10 Daniel, b. 22 June, 1825; d. unm., in Worcester.
11 Sarah, b. 22 Oct., 1827; m. Samuel EUiott.
12 Catherine E., b. 29 Oct., 1829.
13 Harriet N., b. 22 June, 1834.
14 Samuel M., b. and d. 1836.
ii SaUy, b. 17 April, 1791; d. in No. Bangor, N. Y., 31 May, 1832;
m. in Boylston, 2 Sept., 1805, Benjamin Eager. They removed
to No. Bangor. Ch. (Eager) :
1 Mary\ (or Polly), b. 16 March, 1806; m. Luther Howe; 11 ch.
2 Nahum Brigham, b. 11 Feb., 1808; m. and had 6 ch.
3 John W., b. and d. 1809.
4 Elizabeth O., b. 23 Oct., 1810; d. 9 Oct., 1892; m. 7 June,
1832, Sanf ord Cornish, who d. in 1891 ; they removed to
Oshkosh, Wis.; 15 ch.
5 Benjamin, b. 10 March, 1813; d. 19 Aug., 1877; m. and had
5 ch. ; res. Allegan, Mich.
6 John W., b. 13 June, 1815; d. at sea, unm.
7 Lewis, b. 8 Dec, 1816; m., had 6 ch. ; res. Mattawan, Mich.
8 Sarah A.,h. 2 June, 1819; m. Warren French; res. Mattawan,
Mich.; had 6 ch.
9 Martha A., b. 2 Dec, 1821; m. Herman Sanborn; res.
Lawrence, Mich.
10 Harnet, b. 23 Oct., 1823; d. 2 April, 1844.
11 Joseph T., b. 22 Aug., 1825; d. unm., in California, 6 Jan.,
1853.
12 Almira L., b. 11 Jan., 1828; m. Wilham Moody; res. Pent-
water, Mich.
13 George E., b. 8 Nov., 1829; d. y.
14 Adaline, b. 18 Feb., 1832; m. James Lytle; 2 ch.
iii Stephen B., b. 16 Nov., 1793; m. Jemima Flagg. In his mother's
FIFTH GENERATION 179
will he was left a wooden clock and one sheep. Ch., b. in
Boylston:
1 Nahum BalV, b. 2Q Sept., 1817; d. in Worcester, 4 Sept., 1860;
m. 20 Feb., 1840, Harriet S. Hapgood, who d. 11 Aug., 1848,
ae. 29; m. (2) Mary E. , who survived him. He
owned land in Boylston on road to Berlin, which was sold
in 1860, by order of the court. No ch. reported.
2 Maria, m. Augustus Wright.
334 iv Samuel, b. 19 Feb., 1795.
335 V Mary, b. 13 April, 1797.
vi Ann Gott, b. 30 Aug., 1799; d. in Berlin, 29 Sept., 1874; m.
(1) 2 Oct., 1837, Leonard, son of Daniel Carter, b. in Berlin,
19 March, 1792; d. there 18 Sept., 1849; [he m. (1) Persis BaUey,
and had a family] ; m. (2) 6 Jan., 1852, Amos, son of Levi
Wheeler of Berlin, d. there, 6 Oct., 1867; (he had a family by a
first m. but s. p., by second m.). Ch. (Carter), b. Berlin:
1 LeonarcT, b. 2 March, 1830; 2 Lydia Ann, b. 16 June, 1834; d. in
Berlin; m. Oliver Sawj'er; 3 Mary E., b. 4 Nov., 1838; m.
David B. Whitcomb; res. Cal.
vii Infant, b. 23 Aug., 1801 ; d. y.
viii Sophia, b. 22 Nov., 1803; m. (1) Martyn; m. (2) Shad-
rach Whitney, a bro. of Timothy, who m. her sister Rowena.
Ch. (Whitney):
1 Sophia', m. Chas. Bridge of Lowell, Mass., and Marlboro.
2 Betsey, m. James Anderson of Sutton, Mass.
3 Sally, m. Luther F. Woodbury of Oxford, Mass., and Worcester,
ix Theresa, b. 14 Oct., 1804; ni. Otis Flagg of Boylston. Ch.
(Flagg), b. in Boylston:
1 Martha', m. John M. Sargent.
2 Sarah, m. Francis A. Davidson.
336 X Jonas Ball, b. 28 April, 1807.
xi Lydia, b. 2 Nov., 1809; m. Edward Whitney of Cambridge, Mass.
Ch. (Whitney), b. in Cambridge:
1 Edward', a sea-captain; d. in Cambridge.
2 Frances, m. Frank Crane of Chicago. Ch. (Crane) :
i Lizzie", m. Harrison; res. Philalelphia.
ii Charles; iii Minnie; iv John; v James.
145 JOHN GOTT^ son of Uriah* and Sarah Breck (Gott)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 8 Feb., 1750-1; died 30 April,
1816, according to Hudson's Hist, of Marlboro; Morse says " 10
Jan., 1833 "; married Mary Collins. He resided in Marlboro. He
was in the Revolution, in Capt. Morse's Co., Col. Howe's Regt. He
was 5 ft. 9 in. in height, of a dark complexion.
Children, horn in Marlboro:
1 Hepsibah», b. 30 Oct., 1794.
337 ii John Gott, b. 2 Aug., 1796.
146 HENRY% son of Uriah* and Sarah Breck (Gott) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 26 Oct., 1752; N. S.; died in Barre,
Mass., 16 Jan., 1829; married, 25 March, 1781, Anna, daughter of
Nathaniel Phillips; born Charlestown, Mass., 7 June, 1758; died
180 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
in Barre, 16 Oct., 1848. Her father's house. Bow St., Charles-
town, was burned at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Henry was an
officer in the Revolution. He went to Barre about 1782, where he
was a farmer and selectman and a very prominent citizen. He was
of a serious nature.
Children, all but the eldest born in Barre:
i Betsey*, b. in Marlboro, 7 Jan., 1782; m. July, 1810, Warren
Sibley of Barre, who d. Feb., 1816. Ch. (Sibley) :
1 Orlando'', d. y.
2 Henry Brigham, b. 8 Nov., 1812; d. 5 March, 1883; m.
Caroline, dau. of Luke Stone, 12 Feb., 1832; he was Deputy
Sheriff of Barre. Ch. (Sibley): i Charles W.'; ii Caroline;
iii Ellen and 5 d. y.
3 Warren Hicks, m. Roxana Adams; res. New London, Wis.;
had a family.
ii John, b. 24 Nov., 1783; d. 6 Dec, 1787.
338 iii Nathaniel, b. 1 Dec, 1785.
339 iv Nancy, b. 4 March, 1789.
340 V Henry, b. 14 Nov., 1791.
vi Sarah, b. 19 Aug., 1794; d. in Barre, unm., ae. over 80.
341 vii Maria Theresa, b. 20 Sept., 1800.
147 URIAHS JR., son of Uriah* and Sarah Breck (Gott) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 11 July, 1757; died in Bakersfield,
Vt., 16 Sept., 1820; married, 25 Dec, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter
of Col. Josiah Fay* of Southboro, Mass.; born there, 28 April,
1767; died in Boston, 9 Nov. 1837.
Uriah was assessor in Marlboro in 1788; about 1796 he moved
to Bakersfield, with his wife and two children, in an ox-team. The
estate of Uriah, Sr., was a long time in being settled, and there were
eleven children to share it; therefore we find his sons pushing out
into the wilderness and among the settlers of new towns. Uriah,
Jr., was appreciative of intellectual attainments, and was instru-
mental in establishing a small ,but valuable library for the use of
the pioneer settlement, from which his own children benefited. It is
said that he never allowed anything to interrupt his children when
they wished to read. He was one of the leading citizens of Bakers-
field. Appears to have been a private in the Revolution from
Marlboro, in Capt. Gates' Co., Col. Ward's Regt., in 1776; and in
1777, in Capt. Wm. Morse's Co., Col. J. Read's Regt.
Children, the 2 elder born in Marlboro, the others in Bakersfield:
i Mary', b. 31 July, 1792; d. 14 July, 1858; m. Hubbel Mitchel,
who d. ; they res. Fairfield, Vt.; she was widely celebrated for
her knowledge of the use of medicine, and was a superior nurse.
Ch. (Mitchel):
1 Melissa^; 2 Deborah; 3 John; 4 Temple; 5 Fanny Fay.
* Col. Fay died while in service on Long Island, in the Revolution, and his
remains were buried in Trinity Church cemetery, N. Y. City. His wife, Mary Fay,
was fined $300 (?) by the authorities of Southboro for breaking the Sabbath by going
a mile on horse-back to see her sick daughter.
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ii Elizabeth, b. 8 Jan., 1794; m. Cheney Brigham, 258.
iii Uriah, b. 3 Sept., 1795; d. 14 Nov., 1814; he was in the battle
of Plattsburg.
iv Robert, m. (1) Polly Lucas, who d. at the birth of her child; m.
(2) Mary , who sunaved him; he d. s. p., in Burke,
N. Y., 7 Dec, 1867.
V Breck, b. about 1798; was drowned in 1816.
342 vi Josiah Fay, b. 11 Oct., 1801.
343 vii Peter Bent, b. 4 Feb., 1807.
344 viii Benjamin Gott, b. 10 June, 1808.
ix Sarah, b. 5 March, 1809; m. James B. Jacobs, who d. ; she res.,
a widow, for many years in Boston; she d. 24 Nov., 1891. Al-
most her entire estate was left to the town of Bakersfield, Vt.,
her native place. Ch. (Jacobs) :
1 James BJ, d. 20 Dec, 1854, ae. 19; was interred in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery.
148 EDWARD^ son of Uriah* and Sarah Breck (Gott) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 13 June, 1764; died 29 May, 1826;
married Beulah Hawes, born 14 Feb., 1770; died 15 Jan., 1834.
He was a tanner and lived in Petersham, Mass.
Children, horn in Petersham:
i Harriet', b. 11 Dec, 1792; d. in Barre, Mass., 30 Dec, 1864; m.
9 March, 1814, Paul Rice of Barre, who d, Ch. (Rice), b. in
Barre:
1 James B.', b. 7 May, 1829; d. in B., 14 July, 1886; m. 17
Sept., 1868, Mary M. Wilson of Barre. Ch.; i Mary L.'; ii
Martin P.
2 Harriet S., b. 28 Dec, 1830; d. in Weathersfield, Vt, 14
July, 1876; m. 10 Sept., 1854, Elias W. Ellis, who d. in Weathers-
field, 30 May, 1879. Ch. (Ellis):
i James E.% b. 13 Oct., 1863; m. 1887, Nellie C. Boynton; res.
Claremont, N. H. ; 1 ch.
ii Roxana, b. 22 June, 1794; d. in St. Almand, C. E., 16 April,
1881; m. 3 April, 1830, John P. Deal of St. Almand. Ch.
(Deal), b. there:
1 Edward FJ, d. in Boston, 20 April, 1901 ; m. Emerson,
who d. 1903. Ch.: i (Dr.) George F.«; ii (Dr.) Edward E.,
both of Maiden, Mass.
2 Elvin M., res. unm., Highgate, Vt.
3 Hiram B., res. unm., St. Almand, Can. "
4 Daughter,
845 iii Nancy, b, 10 May, 1796.
346 iv Artemas, b. 22 Oct., 1799.
V Mary Ann, b. 26 Sept., 1801 ; d. 27 June, 1828, unm.
vi Elvira, b. 14 June, 1803; d. 8 Jan., 1890; m. 16 April, 1828,
James, son of James H. Holland; b. in Barre, 14 March, 1799;
d. there, 22 Sept., 1880. Ch. (Holland), b. in Barre:
1 Maria Louisa'', b. 2 May, 1830; d. 25 March, 1899; m. 16
Nov., 1852, Joseph G. Balcom, b. in Hague, N. Y., 1 June, 1830;
d. in Gardner, Mass., 10 Sept., 1891. Ch. (Balcora) : James
L.^ m. Mrs. Ida Gale Hemmenway of Gardner.
2 Mary B., b. 26 Nov., 1832; d. 2 Feb., 1899; m. 22 May, 1855,
182 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
J. Henry May; res. No. Brookfield, Mass. Ch. (May): Henry
L.^ m. Mabel W. Tenney ; res. Medf ord, Mass ; 3 ch.
3 Harriet E., b. 20 April, 1841 ; d. s. p., in No. Brookfield, Mass.,
31 March, 1880; m. (1) 22 Oct., 1862, David R. Woods of
Barre, who d. 1873; m. (2) Isaac M. Boyd, who d. 1891.
vii Catherine, b. 18 Jan., 1805; d. in Boston, 4 July, 1874; m. 3
April, 1833, Charles Sibley, b. 14 Jan., 1808; a coal dealer in
Chelsea, Mass., where he res. and d. Ch. (Sibley), b. in Chelsea:
1 Charles Edward', b. 1 March, 1835; d. y.
2 Nelson Hawes, b. 28 Sept., 1838; d. 1900; in Civil War; a
bank clerk and Chelsea City Marshal.
3 Catherine ^., b. 9 April, 1841; d. y.
4 James B., b. 2 Dec, 1842; d. y.
5 Mary Louisa, b. 5 Feb., 1845; d. y.
6 Charles Alonzo, b. 12 July, 1848; m. Harriet Merrill; res.
Highgate Springs, Vt. Ch. : i Charles^; ii Floyd.
vlii Robert Morris, b. 23 Aug., 1806; d. unm., 8 Feb., 1889, in
Petersham.
347 ix Sarah Breck, b. 20 May, 1808.
X James Sumner, b. 5 Feb., 1811; m. Clarie Henley; d. s. p., in
Boston, 22 Aug., 1862.
348 xi Edward, b. 1 Jan., 1814,
149 PHINEAS^ son of George* and Mary (Bragg) Brigham;
born in Marlboro^ Mass., 7 Oct., 1757; removed to Eaton, N. Y.,
1810, from Southboro; died there, 17 March, 1813; married, 1785,
Susanna, daughter of Phineas Howe of Hopkinton, Mass., born 19
Feb., 1767.
Children, born in Southboro, except the 2 elder born in Marlboro:
349 i Timothy', b. 8 Feb., 1786.
350 ii Phineas, b. 31 Dec, 1787.
iii Susanna, b. 16 Dec, 1789; d. 1809, se. 19 yrs., 11 mos. ; m. Ebenezer
Damon. Ch. (Damon) :
1 Susan Brigham'', b. 31 Oct., 1809; d. 17 Oct., 1885; m. Rev.
Chancellor Hartshorn. Ch. (Hartshorn): i Emma M.', b. 3
Dec, 1829; d. 24 Dec, 1872; m. Alonzo M. Poe; 2 ch.; ii John D.
b. 22 May., 1832; res. Mexico, N. Y.; 3 ch.; iii Frances Mary,
b. 24 Nov., 1835; m. Prof. DeV. Wood, Stevens Inst., Hoboken,
N. J.; res. Boonton, N. J.; 4 ch.
351 iv Sophia, b. 5 May, 1792.
V Louisa, b. 19 May, 1794; d. 11 Nov., 1796.
vi George, b. 30 May, 1796; d. ae. 16 days.
vli Louisa, b. 6 June, 1797; d. 14 Feb., 1860; m. 27 Nov., 1817,
Harry Knickerbocker. Ch. (Knickerbocker):
1 Amelia', b. 22 Aug., 1819; m. Rev. William Holroyd; res.
Cincinnatus and Wyanette, N. Y. Ch. (Holroyd): i Amelia';
ii Cordelia; iii Mary; iv William; v Daniel; vi Zira.
2 Louisa, b. 25 April, 1822; d. 6 Jan., 1854; m. Zira Parce, of
No. Pitcher, N. Y. Ch. (Parce); i Judson% d.; ii Frank.
3 Franklin, b. 25 March, 1826; m. Huldah Eldredge; res. Holley,
N. Y. Ch.: i Adelbert'; ii Frank.
4 Henry, h. 29 Nov., 1833; m. 24 Dec, 1861, Helen M. Bourne;
res. Cincinnatus. Ch.: i Irving B.*; ii Elbert.
FIFTH GENERATION 183
352 viii George Howe, b. 14 Dec, 1799.
ix Fitch, b. 11 Jan., 1803; d. unm., Madison, N. Y., ae. 41.
353 X Salmon, b. 15 July, 1805.
150 ASHBEL SAMUEL% son of George" and Mary (Bragg)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 2 March, 1772; died there, 13
July, 18S9; married, 24 Aug., 1794, Persist daughter of Elijah
and Ruth (Taylor) Brigham (76) of Southboro; born there, 7
Oct., or Aug., 1774; died 7 June, 1829- He inherited his father's
farm in the south part of Marlboro, where Barnabas Brigham re-
sided in Morse's day, and which is described under 541. Was select-
man, 1816.
Children, born in Marlboro:
354 1 Ashbel', b. 1 July, 1800.
355 ii Vamum, b. 8 July, 1802.
lii Nahum, b. 24 June, 1804; d. 3 Dec, 1808.
356 iv Charles, b. 26 Sept., 1806.
V George, b. 10 April, 1811; d. 23 May, 1870; m. Abby Mallard;
was town treasurer of Marlboro in 1855, and selectman in 1856.
Ch.:
1 Lizzie M.\ b. 5 April, 1848.
357 Ti Mary, b. 21 March, 1815.
151 LOVEWELL^ son of Solomon* and Martha (Boyd) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 1 Dec, 1754; died April, 1824;
married Betty Rice, who resided in Saxonville, a widow, in Morse's
day. Was on the Committee to erect " Spring Hill " Meeting-house,
in 1805, the location of which caused a division in the church, and
the erection of two meeting-houses instead of one (see Hist, of
Marlboro). He appears to have marched on the Lexington Alarm
and to have been in the army in 1777 and in 1780.
Children: ,
i Sally', b. 22 Feb., 1791, in Saxonville; d. 28 Feb., 1873; m. 1 July,
1814, John, son of Calvin Pierce; b. in Bolton, Mass., 23 March,
1786; d. there, 28 April, 1853. Ch. (Pierce), b. in B.:
1 Susan M.', h. 30 Nov., 1815; m. Levi Johnson.
2 Harriet E., b. 19 Nov., 1817; d. 2 June, 1821.
3 John E., b. Q'2 Aug., 1819; m. (1) Elizabeth Lovejoy; m. (2)
Emeline Trufant; m. (3) Elizabeth Woodbury; res. s. p.,
in Charlestown, Mass.
4 Albert, b. 17 May, 1831; m. Abigail Moody; res. Boston. Ch.:
i John*; ii Judson.
5 Addison B., b. 16 May, 1826; m. Mary W. Sanderson. Ch.:
i Susan'; ii Harriet; iii Grace.
ii Nabby, b. 27 Dec, 1792; m. Nathan Fuller; res. Saxonville.
iii Miriam, b. 17 June, 1794; m. Nathan Polly; res. Waltham.
358 iv Artemas, b. 27 April, 1796.
V Sophia, b. 3 Nov., 1797; d. 7 May, 1802.
vi Patty, b. 29 Oct., 1799; m. (1) Stillman Corey; m. (2)
SaflFord; res. Fitchburg.
184 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vii Lydia b 28 Aug., 1801, in Marlboro; m. 5 Jan., 1824 Dexter
Framin^hL: ^ ^'^^ manufacturer. Ch. (Bigelow), b. in
1 George William^ b. 31 Oct., 1824; m. Grace Hoyt- res
Frammgham. Ch.: i George- ii Dr. Enos, and 2 daus
2 Elizabeth Ann, b. 21 Dec, 1829
viii Stephen, b. 13 March, 1804; d. 28 May, 1806, from a scald
" Wlma^' '' ""r'^^'V "• ^^^ ^«^^«'- -«• Aland
iT no r;c";d ^^'"''"' "'^" ^^ ^^^^ ^° ^-^ --' but there
\ ^^^ ^V^?^'\''''' ""^ Solomon^ and Martha (Boyd) Brigham-
?rFTb T ors ir^-^f T'' '''"^ '^^^ ' ^^-^ '^^^^ -'-^^^^
w-i, ^^ . ? ^ ^^^^^^ daughter of Edward and SaUy CDunn^
Wilkms of Marlboro; born 15 April, 1779; died M Aul, ij^p
Children, born in Marlboro •
Who d.; res. Marlboro. Ch. (Haskell) :
1 Ca/e6J, b. 11 Dec, 1819; d. 23 May, 1900; m Betsey Clark-
res. Marlboro. Ch.: NeUy F« ^ '
2 ^ara;^ £/. b. 4 March, 1822; d. unm., 24 Dec, 1844.
3 WtlhamB b. 7 Nov., 1825; d. 27 Oct., 1851; m. Catherine M
Bruce. Ch.: Mary E.«, b. 19 July, 1850. ^atnerine M.
4 Susan M., b. 14 June, 1827; d. 13 April, 1851.
fi T u ^o/t^^*-' ^^^^' '"^ M^^ Magennis; res. Marlboro
QLucy,h m Dec, 1831; d. 26 March, 1905; m. Jan 1852'
Gea L. Manson, b. 6 Nov., 1827; a merchan and postmaster'
Dec, 1852 (-w Hudson). Ch. (Manson): Sarah'^R.^b 19
7 Boena, b. 17 Oct., 1836; d. 1 Jan., 1853
m (Col) William, b. 20 May, 1804; d. 23 Jan., 1839; m Harriet
Randal who m. (3) David Coolidge, and d.' 12 sjp" im ™
0/, (^01. Wilham was a trader. Ch.: i- » , «^.
1 Williani', d. 24 May, 1855, se. 19
iv Solomon, b. 9 Nov., 1806; d. 6 Jan., 1843, s. p.; m. Lucy Ball
and res. Marlboro, where was a farmer ^ '
V Francis, b. 3 April, 1811; d. ae. 2.
859 vi Francis, b. 12 April, 1813.
360 vii Charles, b. 11 Dec, 1815.
viii Infant.
Br!!h "'h^''- ^^™^^^S^ «- -f Francis^ and Phebe (Ward)
Bngham; born xn New Marlboro, Mass.; died there, about 1802
where he also resided; married Mary Cornish. He was in the
Revolutionary War, a private in Capt. Caleb Wright's company of
Mmute Men, Col. John Fellows' Regt., which marched on the Lex-
ington Alarm. He was also a corporal in Lieut Hermon's Co., of
FIFTH GENERATION 185
Col. John Brown's Berkshire Co. Regt. He was in several other
companies and regiments, and was discharged l6 Oct., 1780.
Children, born in New Marlboro:
361 1 Artemas Ward', b. 25 Dec, 1781.
ii Harvey, m. Lois Bidwell; res. Painsville, O. Ch.:
1 Nelson B?, m. Maria Milliken. Ch.: i Jenny A.'; ii Emma.
2 Ann P., m. Rev. B. Y. Messenger; res. and d. in Illinois. Ch.:
(Messenger) : i Mary Ann V.*; ii William.
3 Eliza L., m. Halbert E. Paine; res. Milwaukee, Wis.
iii Pliny, twin to Harvey, m. Polina Kasson; res. and d. Canaan, Conn,
(or Mass.; nothing in Canaan records). Was in the War of
1812, as a corporal at New London, under Capt. Moses Hayden,
3 Aug., to 16 Sept., 1813.
iv Joseph C, lived and d. unm., Rochester, N. Y.
v Polly, m. Jabez Ward; res. and d. in Illinois or Vernon, N. Y.
vi Clarissa, m. (1) Asher Robinson; res. Westmoreland, N. Y.; m.
(2) Shepherd ; d. in Clinton, N. Y.
vii Parley, m. Matthew Smith; res. and d. Vernon, N. Y.
viii Cynthia, m. Thomas Wilcox; res. Westmoreland, N. Y., and moved
to Michigan.
362 ix Betsey.
154 JOHN^, son of Francis* and Phebe (Ward) Brigham; born
in New Marlboro, Mass., 1767; died in Chatham, N. Y., 9 Nov.,
1806, to which place he had removed the same year; married Phebe
Clark.
Children, born in New Marlboro:
363 i John Clark', b. 10 Feb., 1794.
364 ii Harry, b. 19 June, 1796.
365 iii Amariah, b. 26 Dec, 1798.
366 iv Eliza, b. 27 Aug., 1801.
v Lewis, b. 1805; d. in Hudson, N. Y., 1829, ae. 24.
vi Phebe Ann, b. 1808; d. in Whitestown, N. Y., 1828.
155 JOHN^, son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brigham;
born in Princeton, Mass., 8 Aug., 1758; died in Ackworth, N. H.,
2 April, 1841; married, 24 Jan., 1788, Lydia Howe from Prince-
ton, who died 28 Nov., 1859. He was in the Revolution. There
was John, a corporal, and John, a private, from Princeton, and
probably it was the service of one man. As a corporal he served
only 27 days in Oct., 1777; marching to reinforce Gen. Gates at
Saratoga; as a private he served a little over 3 mos. in Col. Rand's
Worcester Co. Regt. in 1780. Resided first at Alstead, N. H., and
went to Ackworth in 1805.
Children, bom in Alstead:
i Joel', b. 10 Jan., 1790; d. 2 Sept., 1795.
367 ii Rufus, b. 29 June, 1791.
iii John, b. 21 April, 1793; m. 22 July, 1835, Mrs. Eunice H. Clark;
res. Worcester, Vt. Ch., b. there:
186 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Lydia', b. 7 June, 1836; m. Ide. Ch. (Ide) : i
Eunice*; ii Mary, d. y.
2 Susan, b. 25 Aug., 1838.
3 George W., b. 25 Dec, 1840.
4 Silas H., b. 17 May, 1843.
5 Marshall B., b. 1 June, 1846; res. Worcester.
iv Lucy, b. 6 Aug., 1795; m. 12 Dec, 1821, Jared Beckwith of
Alstead and Pana, 111.; b. 12 March, 1794. Ch. (Beckwith):
1 William', b. in Alstead, 14 Oct., 1822; m. and res. in Oregon.
2 Joel, b. 17 June, 1824; d. 29 April, 1850; m. Lottie Cowgill;
res. Pana, Ch.: John*.
3 Silas H., b. 7 March, 1829; d. 7 Jan., 1853.
4 Milan Sumner, b. 6 June, 1830; 22 Oct., 1857, m. Flora M.
Putnam; res. Lebanon, Mo. Ch.: i Herbert H.*; ii Flora H.;
iii Walter E.; iv Lucy M.; v Arthur M. ; vi Vera V.; vii
Forest P.; viii Fanny O. ; ix Gertrude.
5 Lydia A., b. 2Q Nov., 1831; 3 Jan., 1854, m. Parker Grimes of
Springfield, Vt. Ch. (Grimes): i Flora'; Ii LiUie; iii AUie.
368 V Polly, b. 16 Sept., 1797.
vi Matilda, b. 12 June, 1800; m. 10 Dec, 1819, Martin Mason; res.
s. p., Moretown, Vt.
vii Silas, b. 22 July, 1802; m. 4 Jan., 1834, Sarah Manchester of
Little Compton, R. I. Ch.:
1 Sarah E.\ b. 1 Sept., 1839; d. 14 Jan., 1845.
2 Charles W., b. 6 Apr., 1841; d. unm.
3 Beriah W., b. 2 June, 1843; d. unm.
4 Henry W. B., b. 14 June, 1846; d. unm.
viii Lydia, b. 21 Aug., 1804; d. s. p., 13 April, 1828; m. 12 June, 1826,
Henry McClure; res. Moretown, Vt.; he m. twice after her death,
and had a family,
ix Betsey, b. 30 Oct., 1808; m. 30 Dec, 1833, Almond Wetherbee of
Northfield, Vt. Ch. (Wetherbee) :
1 Mary M^^, b. 20 June, 1836; m. John Nichols of Montgomery,
Ala.
2 Angeline A., b. 8 July, 1839; m. Albert S. Brownell of Elm-
hurst, 111. Ch. (Brownell): i Harry G?; ii Helen A.
3 Lydia M., b. 14 Sept., 1844; m. Charlton Badger of North-
field, Vt. Ch.: (Badger): i Angeline E.*; ii George K.
156 STEPHEN^ son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brig-
ham; born in Princeton, Mass., 9 Aug., 1762; died in Alstead, N.
H., 16 July, 1839; married 13 Feb., 1791, Louisa M. Howe, born
24 May, 1768; died 9 July, 1830. In 1790 he went to Alstead,
being one of the early settlers of the town; was a farmer.
Children, horn in Alstead:
i William', b. 15 Dec, 1791; d. 13 Jan., 1792.
ii Louisa, b. 9 April, 1793; m. 28 March, 1821, John B., son of
Philip Proctor; b. in Groton, Mass., 6 March, 1792; a farmer,
res. Sullivan, N. H., and Rutland, Vt. Ch. (Proctor) :
1 John B:, b. 28 Nov., 1623; m. 22 Feb., 1853, Charlotte Rey-
nolds at Rutland Center. Ch.: i William', d. y.; ii John; iii
Mary, who m. A. H. McNeil.
2 David N., b. 27 May, 1826; d. 18 Nov., 1826.
FIFTH GENERATION 187
3 Maria L., b. 24 Oct., 18:37; d. 24 March, 1902; m. 18 Oct,
1852, George A. King, who d. 21 June, 1891; res. W. Rut-
land. Ch. (King): i Frank E.^ ii Alice L.; iii William H.
4 Elbridge W., b. 17 Jan., 1832; d. 15 May, 1832.
5 Stephen W., b. 13 Nov., 1835; d. 23 Jan., 1903; res. W.
Rutland, Vt. Ch.: i EUa*; ii Lucj; iii lola; iv Nina.
iii Persis, b. 28 June, 1795; d. 6 Sept., 1834, in Dalton, N. H.; m.
16 Jan., 1817, Alvin Brooks of Alstead, b. 24 Aug., 1793; d. in
Dalton, 31 May, 1856. Ch. (Brooks):
1 Louisa M.', b. 26 Jan., 1818; d. 9 Sept., 1837.
2 Rachel P., b. 3 Jan., 1820; d, 7 Dec, 1846.
3 Austin, b. 22 Dec, 1821; d. 15 Sept., 1850.
4 Elvira C, b. 27 Jan., 1824; m. 12 Nov., 1850, James Mc-
Questen at Manchester, N. H.
5 James N. b. 16 April, 1827.
6 Benjamin B., b. 4 Nov., 1829.
369 iv Aaron, b. 20 Oct., 1797.
370 V Lydia, b. 26 Feb., 1800.
371 vi David, b. 25 March, 1802.
372 vii Abram, b. 1 April, 1807.
157 ABNER^, son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brigham;
born in Princeton, Mass., 31 May, 1764'; died, probably in Prince-
ton, 12 Jan., 1823; married Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and
Charity (Bugbee) Childs; born in Woodstock, Conn., 29 Dec, 1767;
died in Marietta, O., 31 May, 1841.
Abner went to Vermont, but subsequently returned to Princeton,
where he resided on the old Brigham home farm, half a mile west
of Wachusett Mountain. This farm was in the family for over
seventy years, occupied by three generations of Brighams, Stephen*,
Abner^, and Lucius^.
Children, born in Princeton:
873 i Wimam% b. 23 Nov., 1789.
ii Betsey, b. 28 Feb., 1792; d. 12 Aug., 1825; m. Luther Whitaker
of Princeton. Ch. (Whitaker), b. in Princeton:
1 Harrief, m. Warren Williams; res. Worcester, where d. ae.
about 85. Ch. (Williams): i Mary*, b. 1843; d. unm.; ii
Charles, res. AVorcester.
2 Charles, has a dau., Mrs. Moses Goodnow* of Princeton.
3 William, d. in N. Y.
4 Aaron, res. Westboro, Mass. (5 and 6 names unknown.)
iii Nancy, b. 8 July, 1794-6; m. 23 Jan., 1823, Joseph Hardy, Jr.;
res. Worcester; had four or five children; one dau. is Mrs.
Edwin Spear', 513 63d Street, Englewood, lU.
374 iv Lucius, b. 2 Dec, 1797.
V Sophia, b. 27 Feb., 1800; d. in Waterford, O., 8 Nov., 1834; m.
Leicester Converse. Ch. (Converse) :
1 Benjamin 0.\ res. 1903, Gypsum, Kan. Ch.: Frank G.', of
Kalma, Wash,
vi Lucy, b. 12 June, 1802; res. and d. unm., in Marietta, 26 Sept.,
1887.
188 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vii Lomsa, b. 17 Aug., 1804; res. and d. unm., in Marietta, 24 Aug..
viii As^a^, b. 24 March, 1807; res. and d. unm., in Marietta, 31 Julj,
ix Sarah M b. 15 Aug., 1809; d. unm., in Marietta, 10 Aug., 1839
X Charles C, b. 19 Nov., 1811; d. in Beverly, O., 30 July, 1865-
m 30 Aug., 1842, Relief B., dau. of Michael Story of Beverlr'
b. 1 Jan. 1821'; d. in Marietta, 8 Feb., 1901. He went west at the
age of 16 and attended Marion Coll. in Missouri; became a
farmer and res. in Beverly, where a deacon in Presbyterian church.
Ch., b. m Beverly:
ILucy E:, b. 15 June, 1843; res. unm., in Marietta.
2 AsaM., b. 23 Sept., 1849; m. 26 July, 1876, Mary Richards;
res. ZanesviUe, O. Ch.: Arthur^, b. 1 Sept., 1877.
158 LIEUT. ASA^ son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brig-
ham; born in Princeton, Mass., 2 June, 1767; died there, Ip
Oct. 1794; married, 1791, Elizabeth, daughter of William* and
Sibyl (Parker) Marean; born 26 Aug., 1770, in Hubbardston,
Mass.; died 22 March, 1843; she married (2) Ezra Holden and
had two sons, Joseph and Justinian, who died. Mr. Holden died
18 May, 1806. Asa settled on the homestead in Princeton, with
his father, but dying at the early age of 27, left a small family
of very young children. The male line is extinct.
Children, born in Princeton:
S75 i John«, b. 24 Nov., 1791.
876 ii Betsey, b. 18 May, 1793.
iii Sally, b. 4 April, 1795, posthumous; d. 21 July, 1814
IV Asa, twin to Sally, d. 20 Jan., 1817.
159 DAVIDS son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brigham;
born in Princeton, Mass., 8 April, 1771; died in Lowville, Lewis
Co., N. Y., 27 March, 1853; married, IS Feb., 1802, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Judge Veeder of N. Y. State; born 20 June, 1775; died 24
June, 1823. He removed to Mohawk Flats, N. Y., about 1795, and
raised tobacco; then settled on a tract of 100 acres of wild land in
Lowville, which contained only 5 families.
Children, the 4 elder born in Denmark, N. Y., the others in Lowville:
1 Betsey", b. 3 Nov., 1802; d. ^5 Jan., 1831.
ii Nancy, b. 9 Sept., 1804; m. 27 March, 1834, Jacob Swart, b. 16
Nov., 1809, at Charlton, N. Y.; res. Hadley, Mich. Ch. (Swart),
the 5 younger b. in Hadley:
1 William'', b. in Glennville, N. Y., 8 June, 1835.
2 Maria, b. in G., 24 May, 1837; m. 25 Feb., 1859, John T. Hart-
well, b. in Denmark, June, 1839.
3 Sarah Ann, h. 15 Sept., 1839; d. 16 Oct., 1841.
4 Emeline, b. 20 Sept., 1841.
,•- fl!/p°" ^7^°"" ^""l.^"'?^ ^^'^- ^^ ^^= C^iPt- ^nd Major from Cambridge
im the Revolution; see Mass. Pay Rolls, Vol. 46, p. 19. «-<imDriage,
FIFTH GENERATION 189
5 Stephen, b. 16 Oct., 1845.
6 Ira, b. 29 Sept., 1848.
7 George, b. 22 Nov., 1850; d. 7 Oct., 1855.
iii John, b. 21 Nov., 1806; m. Nov., 21, 1838, Eliza S. , b.
12 Sept., 1809, at Sempronius, N. Y.; res. Hadley, Mich. Ch.,
b. in Hadley:
1 Aaron Q?, b. 12 May, 1840.
2 John, b. 29 Aug., 1842.
3 Eliza Jane, b. 4 Sept., 1845; d. 21 Oct., 1847.
4 Samuel, h. 2 Dec, 1850.
5 Charles, b. 29 Sept., 1853; d. 29 Aug., 1854.
377 iv Aaron, b. 21 Aug., 1809.
V Maria, b. 2 Sept., 1811; m. in Lowville, Townsend; res.
Rochester, Minn,
vi Stephen, b. 8 April, 1813.
vii Jane, b. 3 Sept., 1815; m. Vroman; res. Verona, Dane
. Co., Wis.
160 CAPT. SILAS^ son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brig-
ham, born in Princeton, Mass., 12 Aug., 1776; died in Brownington^
Vt., 15 Jan., 1853; married, 23 Oct., 1807, Rhoda, daughter of John
and Demis (Gillett) Morey, of Orford, N. H.; born there 30 Jan.,
1787; died in Brownington, 7 Feb., 1862. He was apprenticed to
a tanner in Alstead, N. H., and finally settled in Brownington, Vt.
Children, born in Brownington:
378 i Edmund Sanford^ b. 11 July, 1808.
379 ii Emily, b. 17 Dec, 1809.
380 iii John Morey, b. 30 April, 1812.
381 iv Charles, b. 26 Oct., 1814.
382 V Albert Smith, b. 19 Aug., 1816.
vi Demis Morey, b. 18 Sept., 1818; she d. unm., in Newport, Vt.,
14 Oct., 1891.
vii Samuel Granger, b. 15 Sept., 1820; d. unm., 23 March, 1888.
viii Mary Ann, b. 5 Aug., 1822; d. 11 May, 1887; m. Hiram KiUam.
ix Elizabeth Caroline, b. 7 Nov., 1826; d. s. p., 31 May, 1893; m.
11 Dec, 1847, John L. Edwards; res. Derby, Vt.
161 AARON^, son of Stephen* and Betsey (Weeks) Brigham;
born in Princeton, Mass., 13 March, 1781; died in Nashua, N. H.,
3 July, 1840; married, 3 Jan., 1808, Charlotte Read; born 14 Aug.,
1785; died in Marshall, Mich., 7 April, 1850. He resided in several
places and finally settled in Nashua (see Hist, of Gilsum, N. H.).
Children :
i Cordelia P.«, b. 10 April, 1809; d. unm.
383 ii Elbridge G., b. 29 April, 1809.
iii Hannah R., b. 28 Dec, 1811; m. 10 April, 1834, Addison A. Aid-
rich, b. 20 June, 1809; res. Monroe, Mich. Ch. (Aldrich) :
1 Addison L.\ b. 14 March, 1836.
2 Hannah Maria, b. 6 Feb., 1838; m. James Brown; res. Monroe.
3 Anna Eliza, b. 8 July, 1846; d. y.
190 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iv Wealthj M h 92 Dec, 1813; m. Claudius B. Webster, Sept.,
1845; res. MarshaU, Mich. Ch. (Webster) :
1 Infant', d. y.; 2 Arabella, b. 22 Feb 1849
ix Eliza Ann, b. 2 Sept., 1823; d. unm.
162 CAPT. DANIEL^ son of Winslow^ and Elizabeth (Har-
rington) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 25 Dec, 1760- died
T;/' ?S*" ''''' ^""^'^ Thankful, daughter of George
and Mary (Bragg) Brigham (54); born 7 May, 1765; died 14
Dec 1824. Inherited the tannery of his father, filled every office
m the gift of the town, and was the most prominent citizen of his
day; selectman in 1792-'94-'97-1813; assessor, 1799; town treas-
urer 1801-1813; town clerk, 1807-1813; representative to the Gen-
eral Court, 1803, '10, '12-'19.
Children, born in Marlboro:
1 Mary^ b. 1/ Jan., 1783: m. 10 April, 1803, Capt. John, son of
Francis and Elizabeth (Brigham) Stevens (63) ; b. in Marlboro,
b S M. ' ' ^^^^' ^ P'-^^"^"^ citizen. Ch. (Stevens).
1 Eliza B:, b 10 Sept., 1803; m. 1825, Sidney' Brigham, 451.
o 5rf- T ^' ^* ^^*-' ^®^^' °^- 1^^^' Curtis' Brigham, 462.
3 Adeline, h. 12 Jan., 1808; d. unm., 1836.
4 Harriet, h. 25 Dec, 1809.
5 John W., b. 5 Feb., 1812.
6 Charlotte, b. 19 April, 1814; m. Dennis F. Witherbee, son of
7 Almira, b. 26 May, 1818.
385 ii George, b. 19 Oct., 1784.
386 iii Daniel, b. 7 Aug., 1786.
iv Dexter, twin to Daniel; d. unm., Oct., 1838, in Seneca FaUs.
vElizabeth b 1 Oct., 1788; d. s. p., 17 AprU, 1863; m. (1) 10
, ""^' ^f^' Abraham, son of Silas Gates; b. in Marlboro, 1 March,
1775; d. s. p 22 July, 1829; m. (2) 13 Sept., 1831, Dea. Stephen
k;nffh ^5 "^^""'^^t^^^ "^^^ ^^'*^^' Brigham, 202. Mr. Gates
kept the famous " Wilhams Tavern" in Marlboro, and gave $1000
to endow Marlb. Academy. Ch. (Gates) : s ^^ uvi^
1 William Bradford', who d j
^'Itt^"^'^: '' f"^ ''^'' '"• ' ^^^•' 1813' I^"f"«' son of
in MarToro ' '"^ Marlboro, 30 July, 1789. Ch. (Stow), b.
1 William Bradford', b. 14 March, 1828; 2 Almira, m. Dea. Leyi
hofo"lT)^"^^"""'?u^'^'' "^ ^^g«^' ^«- Marl-
T' \.??^'^^''*"^' ^- John H. Maynard, res. Marlboro; and 6
other children.
387 vii William, b. 3 Aug., 1793.
388 viii Winslow, b. 29 May, 1795.
ix Amariah, b. 23 July, 1797; d. unm. 30 July, 1826, in Bermuda.
FIFTH GENERATION 191
389 X Freeman, b. 4 May, 1800.
390 xi Charlotte, b. 1 June, 1802.
391 xii Harriet, b. 4 Dec, 1804.
392 xiii Laura Ann, b. 17 March, 1807.
163 CAPT. AARON^ son of Winslow* and Elizabeth (Har-
rington) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 22 Nov., 1762; died
in Marlboro, 23 March, 1831; married, 28 Sept., 1785, Betty (or
Betsey), daughter of Edward and Submit (Forbush) Barnes; born
2 April, 1766; died 4 May, 1858. Resided near Williams Pond;
was assessor in 1800-'06, '10, and selectman in 1795, '96, 1802-'05.
Was in the Revolution as a private in Capt. Amasa Cranston's Co.,
Col. Saml. Dennis' Regt., for a month in 1779; in 1780 was in the
Continental Army and discharged Jan. 13, 1781. He was 5 ft. 8
in. in height and of a light complexion.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Lydia«, b. 5 Feb., 1786; m. 12 Oct., 1808, Windsor, son of Benja-
min Howe; b. in Marlboro, 12 Oct., 1785; d. 1857; res. Lowell,
Mass.
ii Sarah, b. 9 Dec, 1787; d. 4 July, 1791.
iii Betty, b. 12 Aug., 1789; m. 25 March, 1809, Jonathan, son of
Thomas and Abigail (Hapgood) Rice; b. in Marlboro, 30 Nov.,
1786; d. 1860. Ch. (Rice), b. in Marlboro:
1 AbigaiV, b. 21 July, 1810; m. 15 Nov., 1832, John F., son of
Stephen Rice; b. in Marlboro, 7 Jan., 1809.
2 Eli, b. 24 April, 1812.
3 Thomas, b. 12 June, 1814.
4 Lucy, b. 20 Aug., 1816.
5 Aaron Brigham, b. 14 Feb., 1819.
6 Caroline E., b. 8 Feb., 1821.
7 Sarah Ann, b. 11 July, 1823.
8 Joseph A., b. 16 Jan., 1826.
9 William, b. 6 Aug., 1828.
10 Charlotte Brigham, b. 6 March, 1834.
iv Sally, b. 25 March, 1792; m. 1 Sept., 1811, Capt. Abraham, son
of Archelaus and Lucy (Howe) Howe; b. 18 July, 1789; res.
Lowell, where he d. (See Hist, of Marlboro.)
393 V Aaron, b. 20 March, 1798.
164 MAJOR JEDEDIAH^ son of Winslow* and Elizabeth
(Harrington) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 15 Sept., 1776;
died there, 22 April, 1846; married, 17 Aug., 1791^ Lydia, daugh-
ter of William and Lydia (Morse) Boyd; born in Marlboro, 18
June, 1770 ; died 28 April, 1824.
He inherited the homestead of his great-grandfather Samuel,
near the tannery in the southeast part of Marlboro, and was active
in town affairs; assessor in 1804 and '08; selectman in 1810, '14-
'16; town clerk in 1814, and town treasurer from 1814-18. He
192 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
also represented Marlboro in the General Court; was interested
in military affairs and rose to the rank of Major.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Betsey Winslow^ b. 28 Nov., 1791; d. 5 Oct., 1819; ra. 1 June,
1813, Sarauel, son of Thaddeus Warren; b. in Marlboro, 1 June,
1777; d. 3 Feb., 1852; he m. (2) Rebecca Morse. Ch. (Warren),
b. in Marlboro:
1 Elizabeth Brigham\ b. 2i April, 1814; m. (1) 1836, Dana
Clark; m. (2) 1845, William Stetson, who d. 1890, ae. 91;
she res. Marlboro in 1903; had 6 ch. by 2d marriage.
2 Samuel Edward, b. 1 May, 1816; d. 12 Oct., 1888; m. 1839,
Elizabeth Wilson, who d. 1890; 2 ch.
3 Lucy Stevens, b. 25 Oct., 1817; d. 16 Sept., 1887; m. 1841,
Edward Goodale; had 3 daus.
4 John Winslow, b. 25 Sept., and d. 23 Oct., 1819.
ii Lydia, b. 28 Oct., 1793; d. 23 Oct., 1875; m. 8 May, 1815, Lyman,
son of Stephen Morse; b. 10 Nov., 1792; d. 17 Aug., 1849; res.
Southboro, Mass. Ch. (Morse), exact order of birth not known;
b. in Southboro:
1 Porter', b. 1816; d. Aug., 1858.
2 Ocean A., m. 26 Sept., 1842, Addison G. Fay.
3 Lyman B., b. 1820; d. 18 Sept., 1864; m. 4 Oct., 1847, Louisa
C. Blodgett.
4 Burleigh, b. 1822; m. (1) 1848, Ann Janette Brigham, dau.
of 293; m. (2) 1857, Mary A. Wise.
5 Lydia B., m. 29 Oct., 1845, Moses B. Garfield.
6 Charles F., m. 26 Oct., 1855, Angie H. Bigelow.
7 Martha 0., m. 1856, Lewis F. Ball.
8 Frederic H., m. 1858, Emily F. Hayden,
9 Jedediah, m. 30 Sept., 1860, Margaret T. Sawyer,
iii Lucy, b. 2 May, 1796; d. 5 Sept., 1830; m. 28 Dec, 1819, Timothy
Patch of Stow, Mass., b. 12 Nov., 1793; d. in Nashua, N, H., 13
March, 1827. Ch. (Patch), b. in Stow:
1 Lucy Ann', b. 27 March, 1821; d. in Boxboro, Mass., 16 Aug.,
1844; m. Levi W. Stevens. Ch. (Stevens): Mary L.% m.
Alfred Brown of W. Acton, Mass.
2 John Winslow, b. 23 Dec, 1822; d. in Neenah, Wis., 27 April,
1856; m. Mary A. Haskell. Ch.; i John W., Jr.'; ii Alfred B.
3 Timothy Brigham, b. 14 Sept., 1824; d.; res., 1904, s. p., in
Marlboro; m. Lucy A. Bennett.
394 Iv Jane, b. 23 April, 1798.
V Hannah L., b. 3 Oct., 1802; d. 31 March, 1832; m. George Peters,
Jr.; res. Marlboro. Ch. (Peters): 1 George L., b. 3 March, 1825;
m. Ann M. Stevens. Ch.: 1 E-ffie M.; 2 Lydia B.
395 vi Ashley, b. 9 Oct., 1804.
vii Jedediah, b. 11 Aug., 1806; d. unm., 1 Dec, 1829.
896 viii Joel, b. 16 Dec, 1808.
397 ix William Pitt, b. 30 Aug., 1811.
X Augusta, b. 10 March, 1814; m, John W. Stevens of Marlboro.
Ch. (Stevens), b. in Marlboro:
1 Ocean Augusta', b. 1 Dec, 1840; d. 16 Sept., 1861; m. Benja-
min H. Witherbee.
2 Eliza Brigham, b. 31 Oct., 1845; m. Frederick A. Lewis.
Major Jedediah Brigham, of Marlboro (161)
FIFTH GENERATION 193
165 ELIZABETH^ daughter of Winslow* and Elizabeth (Har-
rington) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 5 March, 1769; died
29 Nov., 1831; married, l6 Sept., 1788, William, son of Solomon
and Judith (Hapgood) Barnes; born in Marlboro, 3 Sept., 1766;
died 7 March, 1823.
Children (Barnes), born in Marlboro:
1 Elizabeth", b. 17 Dec, 1788; d. 23 Aug., 1845; m. 22 Oct., 1841,
Elisha Crosby.
ii Samuel, b. 20 April, 1790; d. 2 June, 1816.
iii Winslow, b. 12 April, 1792; d. 1861; m. 1817, Nancy Newton,
iv Solomon, b. 16 April, 1794; m. 17 April, 1822, Sarah Howe.
V John, b. 17 June, 1796; d. 10 Sept., 1855; m. 1836, Sarah Bush,
vi Judith, b. 16 Dec, 1797; m. 24 March, 1819, Eli Cunningham.
vii Lucy, b. 15 July, 1800; d. 17 Oct., 1851; m. 4 Nov., 1819, James
son of Sylvanus Howe; b. in Marlboro, 22 Feb., 1792.
viii Lydia, b. 2 Nov., 1802.
ix Catherine, b. 7 Feb., 1805 ; m. May, 1835, Amasa Bishop.
X William, b. 17 May, 1807; d. 1 April, 1822.
xi Emilia, b. 26 Feb., 1810; m. Sept., 1856, James Howe,
xii Charlotte, b. 4 Jan., 1813; d. 1856; m. Nov., 1843, Joseph Johnson.
166 ARTEMAS^ son of Winslow* and Elizabeth (Harring-
ton), Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 13 May, 1776; died 3
July, 1862; married, 1798, Lydia, daughter of Capt. William and
Lydia (Chamberlain) Brigham (74); bom 29 Dec, 1776. He set-
tled in Bridgton, Me,
Children, born in Bridgton:
i Lydia«, b. 5 July, 1799; d. 21 Jan., 1885; m. 26 May, 1825, William
P. Holden of Bridgton, b. 1 Nov., 1799; d. 11 Nov., 1889. Ch.
(Holden), the 2 elder b. in Raymond, Me., the 2 younger in
Waterville, Me.:
1 Lydia Augusta', b. 26 Oct., 1827; d. 2 Dec, 1883; res. Port-
land, Me.
2 Esther Damon, b. 21 Sept., 1829; a teacher, res. Hudson,
Mass.
3 Laura Ann, b. in Portland, 7 Aug., 1834; d. 6 Dec, 1859; res.
Hudson.
4 Charles William, b. 7 Aug., 1837; m. 18 Sept., 1864, Martha S.
Willard of Harvard, Mass., b. Sept., 1849; res. Hudson. Ch.:
i William O.S b. 15 June, 1867; a teacher, res. Hudson; ii
(Prof.) Charles A., b. 14 July, 1872; at Dartmouth Coll; m.
Gertrude Robinson of AUston, Mass.; iii Martha Martina, b.
5 May, 1876; res. Hudson.
5 Ellen Maria, b. 25 Feb., 1840; d. 29 April, 1865.
ii Laura, b. 26 March, 1801; d. ; m. Larkin Woodbury, who d.;
res. Lynn, Mass.
iii Jefferson, b. 25 Jan., 1803; d. 12 April, 1850; unm.; a manfr.
of woolen goods; res. Bridgton.
898 iv James Madison, b. 14 March, 1805.
V Sophia, b. 9 Jan, 1808; d. in Bridgton; m. Alpheus Gibbs of
Bridgton and Boston. Ch. (Gibbs), b in Bridgton:
194 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Sophia', b. 1828; d. y.
2 Aaron, b. 20 July, 1830; m. 1858, Eliza Walker of Bridgton;
he was a farmer. Ch.: i Benjamin W.*, m. Leola Dodge; res.
s. p., Bridgton.
3 Charles B., b. 22 Jan., 1835; m. 1858, Sarah Billings; res.
Bridgton. Ch.: i Harry CS d. s. p., 1902; ii Fred C, res.
Bridgton.
4 Lydia A., b. 28 Aug., 1837; m. 16 Aug., 1867, Col. Elias Briggs,
son of Jacob Baldwin; he was Lieut. Col. of 8th Mo. Cavalry
Vols., U. S. A., in Civil "War.; res. Edna, Kan. Ch. (Baldwin) :
1 Edwin Miles^ b. 22 July, 1868; d. unm., 4 May, 1890; ii
JuUa Anna, b. 15 Aug., 1870; m. 17 Sept., 1890, Ollie W.
BaU; 2 ch.
5 Mary E., b. 9 April, 1840; m. Micajah Gleason; res. Bridg-
ton. Ch. (Gleason): i Charles E.S of Bridgton; ii George,
res. Camden, Me.; iii WiUiam, d. unm.
vi Dana, b. 16 Jan., 1811; d. 20 Feb., 1867; m. Mary Ann Larrabee;
res. Westbrook, Me. Ch. :
1 Mary AJ, m. J, H. Fogg of Portland, Me.; d. s. p., soon
after.
2 Joseph D., m. Etta Hazleton; res. a merchant, Westbrook,
Me., s. p.
vii Mary, b. 14 May, 1813; d. 25 May, 1875; res. imm., in Boston,
viii Dexter, b. 28 Feb., 1816; d. 24 Oct., 1822.
ix Ann, b. 30 March, 1819; d. 27 Sept., 1854; m. 29 March, 1840,
Elijah H. Bagnall, b. 1816; they res. Chelsea, Mass. Ch. (Bag-
nail), b. in Chelsea:
1 Wilbur Fisk\ b. 14 Jan., 1841 ; d. 28 Dec, 1859.
2 Emma Brigham, b. 16 July, 1843; d. 28 Nov., 1862.
3 Edwin Elijah, b. 6 Nov., 1845; d. 14 June, 1864.
4 Anna Theresa, b. 9 July, 1848; d. 4 Feb., 1865.
5 Charles Dana, b. 5 June, 1851 ; m. 9 Jan., 1879, Mary L.
Belcher, b. 15 Dec, 1859; res. Dorchester. Ch.: Florence May*,
b. 5 Dec, 1879.
6 Henry Ward, b. 4 Jan., 1854; d. 1 July, 1875.
167 LUCY^, daughter of Winslow* and Elizabeth (Harring-
ton) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 28 June, 1779; died 23
Nov., 1850; married, 29 Oct., 1799, Capt. Eli (known as " Dea."),
son of Peter Rice; born in Marlboro, 8 Oct., 1777; died 4 May,
1851. He was a deacon. Justice of the Peace, and Representative
to the General Court.
Children (Rice), born in Marlboro:
i Levina«, b. 19 Oct., 1800; m. 21 April, 1817, Otis Russell, b. in
Marlboro, 24 April, 1793; they had 17 ch.; she d. 28 Aug., 1883.
ii Matthias, b. 10 July, 1802; d. 8 June, 1841; m. Martha Brigham,
587; res. Fitchburg, Mass.
iii Lucy Brigham, b. 2 April, 1804; d. 10 Jan., 1805.
iv Emily, b. 10 Nov., 1806; d. 4 Feb., 1836; m. 18 April, 1826,
Edward Phelps, b. 28 March, 1805; he m. (2) Sophronia Rice.
V Betsey, b. 7 Oct., 1808; d. 27 Aug., 1819.
vi Lucy, b. 16 Jan., 1811; d. 11 Feb., 1812.
FIFTH GENERATION 195
vii Sophronia, b. 1 Feb., 1813; d. 3 Sept., 1877; m. Edward Phelps,
widower of her sister Emily,
viii Peter, b. 10 March, 1815; d. unm., 25 Feb., 1841.
ix Laura A., b. 27 April, 1817; d. 16 Dec, 1875; m. William Hersey.
X Sophia, b, 5 March, 1819; m. 1851, Demiis Witherbee; res.
Marlboro; living in 1905.
xi Winslow Brigham, b. 24 May, 1821; d. 3 July, 1876; m. 23 Nov.,
1842, Emeline L. Stow; moved to Ohio,
xii Abraham W., b. 7 May, 1823; d. 12 Sept., 1885; m. 1844, Abby
W. Albee.
168 FORTUNATUS^ son of Abraham* and Phebe (Martin)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 29 Sept., 1759; died 4 Nov.,
1834; married, 28 Aug., 1783, Martha, daughter of Daniel and
Martha (Brigham) Barnes; born 9 May, 1766, in Marlboro; died
10 Oct., I860. Resided in Northboro.
Children, born in Northboro :
i Polly° (Mary), b. 3 Nov., 1783; m. Moses^ Brigham, 219.
ii Phebe, b. 4 July, 1785; d. 22 Oct., 1813; m. George Chase; res.
Northboro. Ch. (Chase) :
1 Mary Ann', b. 20 Jan., 1811.
3 George B., b. 28 Aug., 1813; d. 12 April, 1857.
iii Abraham, b. 11 July, 1788; d. Nov., 1813; m. Betsey Wright;
res. Northboro. Ch.:
1 Lyman'; 2 Lucy, m. Miller.
iv Nancy, b. 29 June, 1791; d. 10 June, 1850; m. Joel Brigham, 490.
V Samuel, b. 24 April, 1794; d. 13 Dec, 1795.
399 vi Samuel, b. 20 Sept., 1796.
400 vii Martin, b. 25 Aug., 1799.
401 viii Lincoln, b. 13 May, 1803.
402 ix Edward Leonard, b. 8 Oct., 1806.
X Martha Barnes, b. 22 Aug., 1809; m. Moses William Maynard,
b. 29 Sept., 1805; res. Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Maynard):
1 Martha Adelaide', b. 8 Oct., 1833; d. 31 July, 1865.
2 Malcolm Williams, b. 22 Dec, 1836.
3 Myron, b. 8 July, 1839; d. 27 Dec, 1843.
4 Mander Alvan, b. 15 Sept., 1841.
169 LEWIS% son of Asa* and Elizabeth (Warren) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 24 March, 1756; died 22 Feb., 1803;
married, 18 Sept., 1786, Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna
(Weeks) Rice; born in Marlboro, 8 April, 1767; died 15 June, 1797.
He settled in Marlboro. He probably marched on the Lexington
Alarm in Capt. Wm. Brigham's Company.
Children, born in Marlboro :
403 i Asa», b. 31 Aug., 1788.
ii Sukey (or Susanna), b. 12 April, 1790; m. 29 Jan., 1809, Stephen,
son of Artemas and Mary (Bigelow) Howe; b. in Marlboro, 21
March, 1780; his grandmother was Ruth* Brigham, 31. Ch.
(Howe), b. in Marlboro:
196 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Nahum BJ, b. 5 June, 1809; 2 Mary L., b. 7 Maj^, 1812; S
Elhridge, b. 15 Nov., 1816; res. Marlboro; 4 Benjamin S.,
h. 12 Dec., 1823; 5 Alfred G., b. 8 July, 1825, and 2 other
daus.
iii Sally, b. 5 June, 1792; m. 18 July, 1811, Rufus Bruce of Sudbury.
Ch. (Bruce): '
; 1 Rufus L.\ res. New Orleans.
iv Mary, b. 16 Aug., 1794; m. Amory, son of Abraham and Eliza-
beth (Wetherbee) Howe of Marlboro; b. 3 Sept., 1795; they res.
N. Y., and had 12 ch., several of whom are in the learned pro-
fessions.
V Abigail, b. 2 Aug., 1796; m. Benjamin Weeks Allen; res. Am-
herst. Ch. (Allen):
1 Benjamin WJ; 2 Susan; 3 Mary; 4 Lewis; 5 James.
170 JOTHAM^ son of Asa* and Elizabeth (Warren) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 18 Nov., 1761; died 26 March.,
1810; married Lucy Thompson of Sudbury, who died in Lan-
caster, Mass., 20 Dec, 1830, ae. 71. Resided in .Marlboro and was
a farmer and tailor.
Children, horn in Marlboro :
1 Betsey^, b. 30 July, 1785; m. Int., 28 Feb., 1806, James Mallard
of Lancaster; she joined the church in Lancaster, in 1807. Ch.
(Mallard), born in Lancaster:
1 Eliza Brigham', bapt. 2 Feb., 1807; d. 11 Jan., 1810.
2 James, bapt. 19 Jan., 1809; d. 11 Jan., 1810.
3 James, bapt. 15 Feb., 1811; d. 10 Aug., 1813.
A< Ann Sophia, bapt. 24 April, 1814.
5 Abigail, bapt. 29 Sept., 1816.
11 Lucy, b. 15 Jan., 1787; m. 30 May, 1808, Edward, son of Edward
and Submit (Forbush) Barnes; b. 30 April, 1778; d. 24 Jan.,
1851; she was living in the early sixties. Ch. (Barnes):
1 {Dr.) Edward F:, b. in Marlboro, 1809; m. Maria E. Brig-
ham, dau. of 354.
2 (Dr.) Henry, b. 1811; res. Northboro.
3 {Dr.) Charles W., res. Wayland.
And 5 others.
404 iii Otis, b. 8 Oct., 1788.
405 iv Henry, b. 3 May, 1790.
406 v John, b. 1 Aug., 1792.
407 vi Hastings, b. 4 Aug., 1794.
408 vii Sophia, b. 11 July, 1796.
viii Charles Lee, b. 14 Oct., 1800; m. Roama V. Atkins; res. Dor-
chester, Mass.
171 CAPT. CHARLES^ son of William* and Sarah (Prentice)
Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 27 July, 1769; died there, 2
Dec, 1847; married, 20 Oct., 1797, Susanna, daughter of Dea.
Nicholas Baylis, who was brother of Dr. WiUiam Baylis of Digh-
ton and father of Nicholas Baylis, a justice of the Supreme Court
of Vermont; she was born 10 Aug., 1778; died 10 June, 1837.
FIFTH GENERATION 197
Capt. Charles was, 18 Sept., 1792, sergeant in Wheeler's Co., 2d
Regt., 2d Brigade, 7th Div. of the Militia; resigned as captain 20
Jan., 1809. Inherited the homestead on " Brigham Hill " in Graf-
ton, and lived there until his death, which, owing to his excellent
health and constitution, was the result of almost his first sickness.
Children, born in Orafton:
409 i Charles', b. 22 May, 1799.
11 Susanna Baylls, b. 13 Feb., 1802; d. 5 March, 1804.
ill Susanna Baylis, b. 24 May, 1804; m. 1844, Dr. Joslah Klttrldge;
res. Nashua, N. H.; d. s. p.
410 iv William, b. 26 Sept., 1806.
411 V Nicholas, b. 2 Oct., 1808.
vi Solomon, b. 12 Nov., 1810; d. unm., a merchant In Grafton, 8
Oct., 1841.
412 vli Hannah, b. 11 March, 1813.
413 vlii Sarah, b. 7 May, 1815.
Ix Lucy Abigail, b. 25 July, 1817; was grad. Mt. Holyoke Sem.,
1839; m. 1861, Francis Merrifield; s. p.
414 X Maria Caroline, b. 26 June, 1820.
xi Cornelia Antoinette, b. 17 Nov., 1823; was at Mt. Holyoke Sem-
inary in 1843; m. 5 July, 1860, Calvin Taft of Worcester, Mass.,
where she resides, s. p.
172 SUSANNA^ daughter of William* and Sarah (Prentice)
Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 27 Nov., 1770; died 9 Sept.,
1850; married, 6 March, 1792, Capt. Ephraim, son of Col. John
Goulding of Grafton; born there, 4 Sept., 1765; died 14 Jan., 1838.
Was a tanner and owned much land; was a prominent citizen and
frequently served as selectman.
Children (Goulding), bom in Orafton:
1 Susanna", b. 25 March, 1793; m. Ezekiel Brigham', son of 205; s. p."
ii Sally, b. 24 Jan., 1795; d. unm.
iii John, b. 19 Jan., 1797; was grad. Yale CoU., A. B., 1821; M. D.,
Yale, 1824; settled in Stratford, Conn., where d. 10 Jan., 1860.
iv Ephraim, b. 25 Feb., 1799; d. 25 June, 1800.
v Ephraim, b. 11 July, 1801; m. (1) Eunice Dunsmore; m. (2)
Emily Carter; res. Millbury, Mass.
vi William, b. 22 Dec, 1804; d. in N. Y. City; m. Ada Jewett.
vli Solomon E., b. 28 Nov., 1807; m. (1) Lucy A. Nichols; m. (2)
Nancy P. Robinson,
viii Lucy E., twin to Solomon, m. Harvey J. Pratt,
ix Palmer, b. 11 Oct., 1809; m. (1) Fanny W. Maynard; m. (2)
Ann Cutting.
X Charles, b. 15 Nov., 1812; m. Emily A. Miles; res. Mobile, Ala.
173 SALLY% daughter of William* and Sarah (Prentice)
Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 12 Sept., 1780; died 26 Aug.,
1870; married (1) 1798, Benjamin, son of Nathaniel Kingsbury;
born in Dedham, Mass., 1776; died in Grafton, Aug., 1799; he
198 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
owned a store there; married (2) Jeremiah Flagg of Grafton (who
married [1] Lydia Drury) ; born 26 Dec, 1779; died 27 Aug.,
Child {Kingsbury), horn in Grafton: '
' RhIT'"'' ^' ?« fr^''^' '"''' ^^^"^h* "P b7 his grandfather
M.f^L ""; ol .^''•' '""'' "^"^"^ St«"^ «^ Grafton; b. 23
May, 1804; d^27 May, 1872; he owned miUs in CentreviUe; held
many town offices; State Representative, etc. Ch •
1 Sarah'; 2 Julia, both d. y.
3 Albert, of Kingsbury Bros., Quincy, lU.
4 Henry, oil operator in Penn.
5 William; 6 Hannah, both d. y,
6 Lyman, res. Quincy, 111.
7 Charles, Gen. Mgr. Chester & Iron Mt. Ry., Chester, lU
8 Horace, res. Titusville, Pa. j , ■
9 Edward, was grad. Harvard Coll., 1875, and Law School, 1876-
practices m Worcester, *
Children (Flagg), born in Grafton:
ii Lydia D., b. 27 Nov., 1802; m. George W. Hale
m Charles A., b. 25 Nov., 1804; res. Boston,
iv Sarah A., b. 11 Jan., 1807; d. 16 Jan., 1832
^ hadTons'. ^" ^^ ^''^" ^^^^'' ""• ^^'''' ^- '^"™''' cordwainerj
1 George'; 2 Charles; 3 William, all of Boston
VI Samuel C, b. 19 Oct., 1819; d. 25 May, 1841.
174 PERSIS^ daughter of William^ and Sarah (Prentice)
Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 4 Aug., 1786; died 5 March,
1871; married, 1804, Leonard, son of Paul Wheelock of Grafton-
born 4 Sept., 1785; died 13 July, 1858.
Children (Wheelock), born in Grafton-
' ^fm ^"^^^°''' ^- ^ ^^^^h, 1805; m. Sophia Brigham^ dau.
ii Sophronia, b. 7 Aug., 1807; m. Willard S. Wood,
m Gardner L., b. 27 July, 1810; d. 25 March, 1870; m. 1832, Caro-
line A. Wood, b. 7 Oct., 1813. Ch.:
1 Henry'; 2 Clarendon; 3 Susan; others d. y
IV Mary Brigham, b. 28 Aug., 1813; d. 1 Sept., 1874
m. (2) 1838, Abby Pollard; m. (3) 1845, Lucy PoUard. Ch.:
_ 1 Charles'; 2 Candace; 3 Francis; 4 Ida; others d y
" Solomon Brigham, b. 7 Sept., 1817; m. Ruth HaU.
yii Wilham R., b. 17 Aug., 1822; m. Caroline E. Brewer,
viu Francis A., b. 21 Oct., 1828; m. Esther C. Briggs
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SIXTH GENERATION
175 SARAH% daughter of Moses^ and Mehitabel (Grout)
Brigham, born in Westboro, Mass., 18 April, 1751, at the home-
stead; died there, £0 Aug., 1827; married, 2 July, 1772, Jonathan,
son of Dea. Jonathan Forbes of Westboro; born there, 1 March,
1746; died there, 5 June, 1805.
Through this marriage, the old Moses Brigham house on West
Main Street passed into the Forbes family. Sarah's husband was
a deacon in the church, and one of the leading men of the day. She
willed each of her grand-children a Bible.
Children (Forbes), born in Westboro:
i Moses% b. 18 April, 1773; d. s. p.; m. 22 May, 1797, Abigail
Baker, b. 1 Sept., 1776.
ii (Dea.) Jonathan, b. 6 Dec, 1775; d. 6 Jan., 1861; m. 17 Jan.,
1802, Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther (Fay) Chamberlain;
b 28 April, 1780; d. 2 Feb., 1867; res. in Westboro, in the
« Forbes house "; held most of the town offices, and was a leader
in the church. Ch., b. in W.:
1 Susanna Brigham', b. 16 April, 1803; d. s. p., 22 Aug., 1851;
m. Rev. Charles Forbush, 6 Nov., 1833.
2 Julia Miranda, b. 25 June, 1804; d. in Alexandria, Va., Feb.,
1868; m. 29 Nov., 1832, Rev. John Wilde; 1 dau.
3 Jonathan, b. 20 Nov., 1806; d. 24 Jan., 1820.
4 Daniel H., b. 13 Sept., 1809; d. 18 May, 1854; m. (1) Jane
Baker; m. (2) Mary A. White; 3 ch. by 2d wife.
5 Esther Louise, b. 22 June, 1810; d. Oct., 1812.
6 Moses, b. 26 Sept., 1812; d. 25 April, 1851; m. Eliza L. South-
wick of Grafton; 2 ch.
7 Ephraim Trowbridge, b. 25 March, 1815; d. 2 Aug., 1863;
m 13 Sept., 1842, Catherine, dau. of William and Nancy
(Avery) White; b. 25 July, 1815. Ch.: i Catherine S.; u
Esther L.; iii William T., m. dau. of 414; iv Frank W.
8 Eliza Sophia, b. 7 Jan., 1821; d. unm.
iii (Mai.) Holland, b. 7 July, 1777; d. 4 Nov., 1842; m. 7 Nov., 1803,
Polly Wheelock, b. 5 Sept., 1783; d. 25 Feb., 1858. Ch.:
1 3Iary W.\ b. 14 March, 1805; d. 14 April, 1882; m.
Bowman, d.
2 Holland, b. 22 July, 1806; d. 17 June, 1870; m. Lydia A.
Brigham, dau. of 296.
3 Joseph W., b. 26 Aug., 1810; d. s. p., 4 Sept., 1876; m.
Lucretia .
4 Charles B., b. 20 Oct., 1813; m. Marion Rider, dau. of 237.
5 Julia S., b. 30 June, 1816.
6 John S., b. 30 June, 1817; m. Persis G. Bowman.
7 Ephraim, b. 27 April, 1818; m. Harriet Childs.
8 George B., b. 4 March, 1823; m. Nancy Temple.
201
202 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
9 Sarah A., b. 22 Oct., 1826; m. Solomon J. Taft
_ \0 Henry B., b. 2Q Aug., 1829; m. Anna Harrington.
'^ G^ddard' " ^^^*" ^^^^' '^^ '• P" ^ ^°^-' ^^^^' «^- ^^^^y
V Sarah, b. 13 Oct., 1782; d. s. p., 12 Oct., 1851; m. John San-
vi Hannah, b. 18 April, 1785; d. s. p.; m. Silas Maynard.
^" ^ r \ll^''t '^^'^' '^- ^ N«^-' 1^11' Mary Wadsworth, b.
9 Jan., 1791; d. 15 Oct., 1861. Ch.-
1 Ebenezer W.\ b. 14 Jan., 1813; m. Lutheria Longley.
2 Eha.E., b 9 Oct., 1814; m. (1) Harriet T. Harrington; m.
(2) Hepsibah G. Clapp. ^ '
3 Lewis, b. 25 Oct., 1816; m. Clarissa Farnham.
4 Mary G., b. 24 Dec, 1818; m. Thomas H. Wetherby
5 Hannah E., b. 19 Nov., 1820; m. 23 Jan., 1848, Thomas B.
-Ci. l^ope.
6 Lucy B h. 12 Nov., 1824; m. William H. Harrington.
7 Sarah Bngham, b. 3 May, 1827; d. 29 Aug., 1845
• vm Na^ncy, b. 24 May, 1790; d. 30 June, 1832; m Samuel Chamber-
ix Achsah, b 22 June 1794; d. 16 Sept., 1880; m. 30 Nov., 1815,
Eh Chamberlam. Ch. (Chamberlain):
1 Sarah^;2 Harriet; 3 Lyman H.; 4 Joshua M.j 5 Achsah; 6
Daniel H.; 7 L T.
176 MOSES«, son of Moses^ and Mehitabel (Grout) Brigham-
born in Westboro, Mass., 31 May, 1785; died in Delaware; near
London, Province of Ontario, Canada, 13 Aug.,, 1814; married (1)
9 Sept, 1781, Wealthy Jolinson of Lebanon, N. H., who died 9
J:^' ^^^^\?- ^^' ^^""^^^ (2) Lucinda, daughter of Dr. Gideon
liffany of Hanover, N. H., originally from Attleboro, Mass.
He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1778 in the same
class with his distinguished kinsman, the Hon. Elijah Brigham of
Westboro. Moses taught school in Westboro,* and is often mentioned
m the Dtary of the Rev. Ebenezer Parhman, being one of the
frequent visitors to the parsonage. He was one of the original
grantees of Concord, Vt., and settled as a merchant in Hanover,
N. H, where, about 1800, he became embarrassed and closed busi-
ness. In 1801 he removed with his brother-in-law. Tiffany, and
most of his family, to the vicinity of London, Ontario, and with
him embarked in land speculation on an extended scale, having
purchased the " Delaware Property " on the river Thames.
Children {by first wife), born in Hanover:
i Wealthy Clarinda^ b. 29 June, 1782; d. 7 June, 1841; m. 1808,
John Ham, A. M., of Gilmanton, N. H.; they had 6 ch.
of ye Tow/d"nd'here."^''*"' ^°'" ^"^^"" ""° '^"'P' ^^'^°°' ^* ^^ East Quarter
^T-„ " *^ c?**"^" '^^^• ^- ^- ^^"^^ ^^'■- Alexander accompanied by his uncle
Ho, t;^- .T "°' .'°"?- ^l'- ^^''^ Harrington invites and waits upon hfm to his
House and thence he intends to go to Master Moses
AndrZ°"-Pr;iS:,rZ)l'°. '^ '° '^ '°""' " ^'^ ^^'^°°' - ^* ^'^ L^^^^-^- Mr.
SIXTH GENERATION 203
415 ii Bela Brewster, b. 4 Feb., 1784.
iii Susan Laurinda, b. 2 March, 1786; d. in Northampton, Mass.,
17 Feb., 1862; m. 27 Aug., 1806, John F. Munroe from Marl-
boro to Northampton, where he d. 1 Nov., 1856. Ch. (Munroe):
1 Susan Lorinda Brigham^, b. 31 Dec, 1821; d. 11 Jan., 1897;
m. Henry Shepherd of N., b. 19 June, 1811; d. 20 Nov., 1900.
Ch. (Shepherd): Thomas M.% res. unm., in Northampton;
the founder and donor of the Henry Shepherd Surgery build-
ing at Northampton.
iv John Hartman, b. 6 June, 1788; d. 13 Aug., 1790.
Children (by second wife), born (probably) in Hanover, N. H.:
V Fanny Lucinda, m. Seneca Allen; res. Monroe, Mich.; 11 ch.
vi Lucy Malinda, m. Abraham Truax, and d. ; res.
Trenton, Mich.; 5 ch.
vii George Dean, d. 1831; killed by an explosion; m. Fanny Huston;
res. Truago, Mich,
viii Maria, d. in Truago, Mich., unm., in 1837.
ix Sophia, m. Carlos Colton; res. Toledo, O. ; 4 ch.
177 PHINEAS^ son of Moses' and Mehitabel (Grout) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 23 July, 1755; married Lydia,
daughter of David and Lydia (Maynard) Batherick.
He resided in Westboro. Was a private in Capt. Edmimd Brig-
ham's Co. of Minute Men, and marched on the Lexington Alarm.
He enlisted in the army, and in 1777 marched with Capt. Brigham
to reinforce the Northern Army, but went only as far as Hadley
and returned. He saw further service in 1778.
Children, born in Westboro:
i mV, b. 23 May, 1780; m. Dulcena . Ch., b. in Grafton:
1 Lydia^ b. 3 Oct., 1804.
416 ii Phineas, b. 28 March, 1782.
417 iii Willard, b. 20 Sept., 1784.
iv Lydia, b. 23 Sept., 1787; d. y.
V Nahum, b. 10 Feb., 1790; d. y.
vi Stephen, b. 3 June, 1792; d. in Westboro, unm., ae. 23 or 24.
418 vii Lambert, b. 7 June, 1794.
178 MEHITABEL% daughter of Moses^ and Mehitabeil
(Grout) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 31 Jan., 1758; died
there, 11 Dec, 1844; married, 11 Jan., 1776, John, son of Capt.
Benjamin Fay;* born in Westboro, 25 Aug., 1748; died there, 7
June, 1837.
• " 5 Aug., 1780. Mrs. Fay (John Fay's wife) came to be examined, but I
could spend but little Time with her.
"11 Aug., 1780. Mrs. Mehitable Fay (wife of John) here with her Relation,
which I corrected and copy'd. Josiah Brigham came to Breck again to live with him.
They clear ye lower Well.
" 12 Aug., 1780. Mr. John Fay was examined — left a Relation to be correctea
and transcribed. He dines here.
" 25 Aug., 1780. Mr. John Fay, with his Relation here, and signs it." — Parkman
Diary.
204 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children {Fay), horn in Westboro:
i PolIy^ b. 22 Dec, 1778; m. 1821, Elias Miller. Ch. (MUler) :
1 Elias^; 2 John; 3 Harriet.
ii Mehitabel, b. 20 Feb., 1781; d. QS March, 1781.
iii Mehitabel, b. 19 March, 1782; d. unm.
iv John b. 19 April, 1784; m. 1806, Betsey, dau. of Daniel Noyes
of Shrewsbury. Ch.:
1 Betsey\ d. y.; 2 {Dr.) Henry, a physician of N. Y. City
V Joseph, b. 27 Sept., 1786; d. 1 March, 1864; m. Eunice Fav
Ch. : -^ ■
1 Joseph Brigham^j 2 Maria; 3 John,
vi Lucy, b. 26 Jan., 1789; d. 18 Jan., 1848; m. WiUard Gates of
Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Gates):
1 Henry^,
vii Edward, b. 19 July, 1791; d. in Albany, N. Y., 1832; m. Priscilla
Price. Ch.:
1 Mary^; 2 Lucy; 3 Marcia; 4 Sarah.
viii Susan b. 20 Sept., 1794; d. 3 July, 1873; m. Jonas Stone of
Winchendon and Westboro. Ch. (Stone) :
I Jonas^.
ix Josiah, b. 29 Dec, 1797; m. Mary W. Warren; res. Westboro.
Ch.:
1 Hercules^; 2 Martha.
X Charles Miles, b. 24 Sept., 1800; m. (1) Frances Spurr; m. (2)
Mrs. Althea Waters; m. (3) Fitz. Ch.:
1 Ellen\ m. Daniels.
xi Nancy, Maria, b. 15 April, 1803; d. unm., 28 March, 1839.
179 EBENEZER^ son of Moses^ and Mehitabel (Grout) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 3 March, 1761; died in Townshend,
Vt.., 15 Dec., 1839; married, 28 Sept., 1782, Judith Hazeltine; born
in Westboro, 18 Jan., 1762; died in Townshend in 1854. He moved
to Townshend, Vt., by 1790, where he was an important citizen,
and a Captain of Infantry, in 1812.
_ Children, the elder probably horn in Westboro, the yonnqer probabh,
%n Townshend: ;> ^ t- y
419 i John Hazeltine^ b. 14 Aug., 1783.
ii Ebenezer B., b. 1785; d. 1786,
iii Eben, b. 1787; d. 1790.
420 iv Moses, b. 1789.
V Nathan, b. and d. 1791.
vi Eli Whitney, b. 1792; d. unm., 1815.
vii Alonzo, b. and d. 1794.
viii Lyman H., b. 1795; d. 1887.
ix Judith, b. 1797; d. 1880.
X Wealthy Clarinda, b. 22 March, 1800; d. 28 June, 1844; m.
Elijah, son of Jacob and Sarah (Boutelle) Allen of MiUburr.
Mass. Ch. (Allen): '
1 Elvira W.\ b. 15 Feb., 1825; m. Artemas E. Fairbank; 3 ch.
3 Brigham Elijah, b. 17 Jan., 1827; kiUed 16 July, 1861, in first
battle of Bull Run.
3 Julia P., b. 20 Sept., 1829; d. 27 June, 1891; m. 2 June,
1852, Leonard Wood of Leominster, Mass.; 2 ch.
SIXTH GENERATION 205
4 Boutelle E., b. 27 June, 1833; m. (1) Lizzie S. Whitney; m.
(2) Mary Pierce; m. (3) Anna Jaquitli.; 2 cli. ^ ^ . ^
5 Ellen D, b. 1 Sept., 1842; m. 16 Nov., 1864. Frederic S.
Coolidge; 3 ch.
180 JOSEPH^, (A. B. and A. M., Harvard, 1788; ibid. Dart-
mouth), son of Moses^ and Mehitabel (Grout) Brigham; born in
Westboro, Mass., 23 Sept., 1766; died in Canada, 14 Sept., 1821,
and interred by the grave of his brother Moses, in Delaware, near
London, Ontario; married, 1 Jan., 1794, Sally Woods, born 7 June,
1776; died 21 Feb., 1806. . „r . j
He studied law with Hon. Levi Lincoln, Sr., of Worcester, and
opened an office in Marlboro; practiced there and in adj acent towns
untn after the death of his wife. Moved to Albany, N. Y., and
thence, after the War of 1812, to Canada.
Children, born in Marlboro: , ^, . ., iqoq ,v, Martin
i Eliza Chandler', b. 27 Jan., 1795; d. 25 April, 1823; m. Martm
L Stow, A. M., of Concord, Mass.; res. Northboro.
ii Lrdia Vose, b. 19 April, 1796; d. unm., 11 May, 1821.
iii SaUy Clarinda, b. 29 Jan., 1798; d. 14 Feb 1885; m. 17 Oct.,
1820, John Cotting of Marlboro; res. Ch. (Cotting) :
1 John Francis^ b. 4 May, 1822.
2 Joseph Clarendon, b. 14 April, 1825.
3 Sarah B., b. 23 Feb., 1828.
4 Charles William, b. 21 Aug., 1833.
5 Mary Caroline, b. 9 Feb., 1836.
6 Henry E., b. 13 May, 1840.
421 iv Joseph Clarenden, b. 20 Dec, 1800. p n in Texas
V Moses Woods, b. 18 Dec, 1802; murdered in a P. O. m Texas,
vi Francis Lincoln, b. 21 July, 1803; d. unm., a dentist, m New
vii Cafo'une" Maria, b. 20 Feb., 1805; d. 1868, ^/^^^^j^^f ^^' ^^^n'
m Richard Farwell, A. M., who d; res. Marlboro. Ch. (Farwell).
1 John M.\ b. 2 Dec, 1825; res. Marlboro.
2 Lucy W., b. 6 May, 1827; (d.) ; m. S. E. Morton
3 Willard Brigham, b. 26 Jan., 1829; res. an editor in San
Francisco, Cal.
181 EDMUND% son of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lyscom)
Brigham, born in Westboro, Mass., 19 Oct., 1758; died in Temple
ton Mass., 22 Apr., 1840; married Mary, daughter of Lieut. John
and granddaughter of the Rev. John Martyn (who was the first
settled minister of the church in Northboro, Mass., a graduate of
Harvard College in 1724, who married Mary Marrett of Cam-
bridge, Mass.). She was born in Northboro, 24 Nov., 1762; died
in Templeton, 2 May, 1835. . ^ x,. r 4-1,
Edmund learned the saddler's trade and resided with his father
on the old home place in Westboro until July, 1782, when he moved
to Gerry, now Phillipston, Mass., and thence to Templeton, about
206 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1790. On a division of the Martyn estate in Northboro, his wife
received a five-dollar gold piece, a chaise, and a stony farm in
Templeton. In the midst of the struggle to raise crops from be-
tween the rocks, and all the difficult labor required in a new country,
12 children were born, 10 of whom were raised to maturity and 6
of whom have left descendants. He is noted as being in a train
band year not given. He marched on the Lexington Alarm from
Westboro m his father's company, and was on duty in Cambridge
for some time afterward. He is named in his father's will among
the 4 sons who are to share in the distribution of the Captain's
wardrobe. ^
otZ^lTrZiLn'''' '"" " '^''''"''' "" ""' ' » ''"^' ""O '^
422 i Pollys b. 6 Feb., 1780.
423 ii John, b. 7 June, 1782.
iii Edmund, b. 28 March, 1784; d. 15 April, 1784
Ao. ^ ^^bigail, b. 25 Sept., 1789; d. unm., 18 March, 1860.
424 VI Lyscom, b. 28 March, 1792.
425 vii Edward, b. 26 May, 1795.
vlii Susan, b. 10 July, 1798; d. 15 May, 1879; m. James Arnold of
Boston who d ; she lived in Marlboro on the site of the present
Baptist church; a woman of graceful manners, she was a suc-
cessful millmer, and was associated with her sister Roxana, a
very capable woman, in this business in Marlboro for a number
of years.
ix Dexter, b. 20 Aug., 1800; d. unm., 4 Nov., 1832, at Whitingham,
Vt.; he was a very smart business man, but a cripple
X Roxana b 30 July, 1803; d. unm., in Southboro, 3 Jan., 1880.
XI Infant, b. 24 Dec, 1804; d. next day.
426 xii Lewis, b. 4 June, 1806.
182 ROGER% son of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lyscom)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 28 Feb., 1762; died in Jaffrey,
N. H., 18 Nov., 1837; married Elizabeth Rich of Truro N H
who died in Jaffrey, 3 Sept., 1850, ae. 88. He was at JafFrey in'
1793. He is mentioned in his father's will as one of the 4 sons
to share in the Captain's wardrobe. He belonged to the train band
m Westboro, and was in the Revolution in 1778 and 1779, in which
latter year he was a corporal.
Children the 2 elder born in Phillipston, Mass., the others in Jafrev:
1 Sallys b. 9 Sept., 1790; d. in Jaffrey, 3 March, 1879; mf 11
Dec , 1817, Joel Oaks Patrick of Jaffrey, b. in Fitzwilliam, N. H.,
8 Nov., 1793; d. in Jaffrey, 31 March, 1870; a merchant, hotel
keeper and carpenter. Ch. (Patrick), b. in Jaffrey;
1 Dexter', b. 9 Dec, 1818; m. (1) Marv Ann Nutting; m. (2)
Eliza J. Wentworth; res. Waltham, Mass. Ch., by 2d wife-
1 Mary», m. Leroy Brown of Waltham; ii Dexter, m. RoseUa
Bigelow; res. Waltham.
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2 Joel, b. 30 Oct., 18:20.
3 Sarah, b. 26 Jan., 1855; m. 8 May, 1859, David A. Cutler; res.
E. Jaflfrey.
ii Eli, b. 19 Oct., 1792; m. Abigail Russell of Dublin, N. H.; res.
McDonough, N. Y. > _i vt xi
iii Lora, b. 27 June, 1795; m. — ; res. Dunbarton, N. H.
iv Dexter, b. 30 April, 1798; d. 1800.
V Betsey, b. 6 July, 1806; m. 17 Sept., 1835, Charles Lincoln, who
d. 7 Oct., 1859, ae. 60. Ch. (Lincoln), b. Jaffrey:
1 Bohaima', b. 1836; d. 13 Feb., 1865.
2 Sarah A., b. 1842.
183 SAMUEL^ son of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lyscom)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 6 Dec, 1763; died in Westboro,
11 June, 1823; married, 5 May, 1785, Lydia Ball of Westboro,
who died l6 March, 1827.
He was a farmer and moved to West Waterford, Me., but re-
turned to his native place in the latter part of his life. He is
mentioned in his father's will as one of the 4 sons among whom
the Captain's wardrobe was to be divided. An old tradition is
that when a chUd he was very large of his age, and, to save him
from conscription at a time when boys were being called upon to
enter the army, his mother, mindful of his tender years, put him
in one of the big ovens to hide him from the soldiers. On one
occasion, either he or one of his brothers got into earnest poUtical
discussion with a neighbor, on a summer's evening, while putting
the cows out to pasture for the night; they stood at the bars as they
talked, and when the dawn came it found them there, the debate
still going on.
Children, born in West Waterford:
i Lucy% b. in 1786; m. Amos Smith of Waterford. Ch. (Smith),
b. in Waterford:
1 Hazen^, moved West.
2 Betsey, m. Barker of Quincy, Mass. Ch. (Barker):
i Hendrick° of Holden, Mass. ; ii Henry of New York.
3 Verona, m. Black of Holden, Mass.
4 Hendrick, m., had two sons; went West.
5 Sarah, m. Rand of Roxbury, Mass.; 1 dau.
6 Henry, book dealer in New York City.
7 Calvin, d. y.
8 Charles, res. in Boston; had 2 sons and daus.
9 Cyrus, res. Hopkinton, Mass.
427 ii Samuel, b. in 1788.
iii PoUy, b. 1789; m. Amos Smith of Holden, Mass. Ch. (Smith):
1 Julia A?, b. in Holden, 13 May, 1816; m. (1) Ephraim Smith;
m. (2) John Hammond of Sanbornton, N. H. Ch.:
i Julia A.», m. Albert E. Lyon of Leominster, Mass.
ii Lizzie B., b. and d. 1856.
428 iv Lyscom, b. 1791.
429 V George Ball, b. 23 Jan., 1793.
208 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
430 vi Bryant, b. 10 Feb., 1794.
431 vii Levi, b. 27 May, 1796.
viii Nahum, b. Jan., 1798; d. in Boston, ; m, Lucy
Blood of Groton, Mass.; he res. in Boston, a coal dealer. Ch.:
1 Thomas J.\ b. 29 July, 1824 ; d. unm.
2 Lucy Ann, b. 8 June, 1824; m. 15 Aug., 1854, Horace Phil-
brook, b. 20 Nov., 1820; bank clerk, Boston; s. p.
3 Sarah E., b. 2 Dec, 1833; m. Franklin Smith; one child.
ix Antipas, b. Jan., 1800; d. in Plymouth, Mass.; m. Mercy S.,
dau. of Seth Morton of Plymouth; he is interred in the famous
old burying-ground there. Ch., born in Plymouth:
1 Antipas^, b. in 1828.
2 Mary Ann, b. in 1830.
432 X Lincoln, b. 22 Nov., 1801.
xi Sophia, b. Sept., 1804; d. unm., in Boston, 29 Oct., 1830.
xii Thomas J., b. 14 Aug., 1806 (Morse also says " 1805 ") ; d.
; m. 21 April, 1831, Eliza A. Cowden of Boston; res.
Boston. Ch. :
1 James Henry^, b. 21 Feb., 1832.
2 Thomas Dexter, b. 24 March, 1834.
3 Eliza Ann, b. 23 June, 1836; m. Rosea TarbeU; res. Boston.
Ch. (TarbeU) : Ann B.", b. 4 May, 1859.
4 Nahum Q., b. 30 July, 1837; d. in Boston, 7 May, 1840.
5 Levi L., b. 13 Feb., 1841.
6 Mary F., b. 28 Aug., 1845.
7 Andrew B., b. 29 April, 1847; d. 26 Dec, 1847.
433 xiii Dexter, b. 24 Sept., 1808.
184 SARAH^ daughter of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lys-
com) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 15 March, 1765; married
in 1784, Gen. Daniel, son of John Reed; born 1761 ; died in Wards-
boro, Vt., 31 Aug., 1845. He resided in Wardsboro and was in
the Revolutionary War and was a General in the Militia of Vt.
Children {Reed), horn in Wardsboro:
1 Joseph^ b. 14 May, 1784; d. 2 Nov., 1849.
ii Davis, b. 17 April, 1786; res. Wardsboro, and had 3 ch.
iii Alexander H., b. 16 June, 1804; m. (1) Serena Gray; m. (2)
Eunice Melvin. Ch. (by 1st wife) :
1 Cordelia^; 2 Alexander; 3 Charles; 4 Andrew; 5 Henry
iv Elijah. ^
185 DEA. LYSCOM^ son of Capt. Edmund^ and Sarah (Lys-
com) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 19 May, 1769; died in
Shutesbury, Mass., 24 Aug., 1845; married (1), 29 Nov., 1792,
Martha, daughter of Benjamin Fay of Westboro; born there, 5
April, 1775; died in Shutesbury, 9 Feb., 1818; married (2) Betsey
(Hammond) Hoar, a widow.
He resided for a time in Pelham, Mass., thence to Shutesbury,
Was a deacon of the Baptist church and a very religious man; en-
gaged in farming. He was named in his father's will as one of the
4 sons to share in the Captain's wardrobe.
SIXTH GENERATION 209
Children {by first wife), the 2 elder born in Westboro, the wext 3 in
Pelham :
434 i Curtis', b. 21 May, 1793. .
ii Martha.
iii Ebenezer, d. ae. 17.
435 iv Benjamin Fay, b. 25 Aug., 1800.
V Stillman, d. y., unm.
Children {by second wife), born in Shutesbury :
436 vi Hubbard Hammond, b. 31 Oct., 1819.
186 CAPT. PIERPONT^ son of Capt. Edmund^ and Eliza-
beth (Bevel) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., l6 Sept., 1780;
died in Westboro, 6 Oct., 1836; married Anna, daughter of John
Warren of Westboro.
He was a captain in the War of 1812. He settled on a farm in
the northeast part of Westboro, the homestead of Capt. Edmund.
He was joint executor of his father's will with his brother Dexter,
and they diWded the larger part of the estate between them.
Children, born in Westboro: „ . .
i Anna E.% d. 15 June, 1895; m. 17 April, 1826, Charles Brigham
of Grafton, Mass., 409.
ii Martha W., b. 3 April, 1813; m. Dexter Brigham, 433.
187 BETSEY®, daughter of Capt. Edmund^ and Elizabeth
(Bevel) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 7 May, 1782; died in
Whitingham, Vt., 20 Apr., 1880; married (1) Capt. Asa Godfrey;
born in Westboro, 30 May, 1786; died 15 Dec, 1842; married (2)
Hezekiah Murdock, who died 7 Aug., 1864, ae. 88.
She resided in Whitingham, Vt., after her marriage. She is the
" Betsey " mentioned in her father's will, and was of a very lively
disposition and considered " good company." She said once, " You
can't throw a stone in Westboro, Northboro, or Southboro, but
you'll hit a Fay or a Brigham." Her nephew, H. W. Brigham, was
afflicted at one time with a compound fracture of the arm. The
doctor, after an examination, stated that there was proud flesh in
the arm. Aunt Godfrey remarked: "You never saw a Brigham
who didn't have ' proud flesh.' "
Children {Godfrey), probably born in Whitingham:
i Elizabeth B.^ b. 21 March, 1811; d. 13 Feb., 1831, unm.
ii Asa Augustus, b. 2 Feb., 1813; d. 30 May, 1840; m. 6 Jan., 1833,
Anna D. Foster,
iii Mary Augusta, b. 2 Feb., 1813; m. 27 Nov., 1838, David Barker,
b. 8 Sept., 1807; d. 8 June, 1854; res. Whitingham. Ch. (Barker):
1 Olive E.\ b. 6 Oct., 1839.
2 Asa A., b. 24 Sept., 1841.
3 Charles A., b. 30 Oct., 1842.
210 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
188 ELI% son of Capt. Edmund^ and Elizabeth (Bevel) Brig-
ham, born in Westboro, Mass., 31 July, 1784; died in Sterling,
Mass., SO Oct., 1865; married in 1810, PoUy, daughter of Peter
Fay; born in Southboro, Mass., 15 Oct., 1791; died 29 Dec, 1876.
He was a farmer. He resided first in Bolton, Mass., and then
moved to Sterling. In his father's will he was left $400 in money
and the privilege of keeping his clothes in the house until his
marriage.
Children :
i Edmund Fay', b. 6 April, 1812; d. 24 Dec, 1812.
437 ii Edmund Fay, b. 28 Oct., 1813.
iii Parkman, b. 23 Feb., 1816; d. umn., 5 May, 1868.
iv Mary E., b. 16 Dec, 1818; d. unm., 18 Sept., 18T3.
V Peter Fay, b. 14 June, 1821 ; d. unm., 28 Nov., 1900 ; was an hon-
orable citizen of Sterling,
vi Eli, b. 28 April, 1823; d. 16 Sept., 1824.
vii Laura A., b. 15 Jan., 1826; d. 24 June, 1826.
viii Eli, b. 14 July, 1828; d. 8 March, 1832.
ix Jane M., b. 16 April, 1832; d. unm., 1 Feb., 1903.
X Harriet A., b. 6 June, 1834; d. 1 March, 1837.
189 DEXTER", son of Capt. Edmund'' and Elizabeth (Bevel)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 25 May, 1786; died there, 22
Dec., 1870; married (1), 28 March, 1816, Catherine, daughter of
John Warren of Westboro; born 7 Sept., 1792; died 13 Nov.,
1825; married (2), 1 Jan., 1827, Mary Ann, daughter of Willard
Gould of Westboro; born 24 Jan., 1804; died 22 Aug., 1889-
He was in Capt. Pierpont Brigham's company in the War of
1812. Was a trader and inn-holder, in the old stage-coach days, in
Westboro. Was joint executor of his father's will with his brother
Pierpont, and the larger part of the estate was inherited by them.
He retired from business a number of years before his death; was
a man of capacity for affairs, with a wide reputation for skill as an
inn-keeper.
Children (by first wife), born in Westboro:
438 i Catherine Warren', b. 11 Dec, 1816.
439 ii Dexter, b. 23 Jan., 1819.
iii Angelina, b. 31 July, 1821; d. 18 July, 1822.
440 iv Angeline, b. 27 Jan., 1824.
Children (by second wife), born in Westboro:
441 V Mary Ann, b. 6 Dec, 1829.
442 vi Achsah Elizabeth, b. 10 April, 1832.
443 vii Charles Edmund, b. 3 July, 1834.
viii Henry Pierpont, b. 13 Oct., 1838; d. unm., 18 April, 1896; was
in business in N. Y. and Boston.
ix Francis Augustus, b. 23 May, 1841; d. 28 Dec, 1841.
444 X Sarah Louisa, b. 13 Jan., 1845.
xi Emma Augusta, b. 24 June, 1849; d. unm., 20 Aug., 1875.
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190 LIEUT. WILLIAM^ son of Capt. William^ and Rebecca
(Ball) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 27 Feb., 1761; died in
Southboro, Mass., 20 March, 1834; married Sara Baker, who
died his widow, at Southboro, 14 March, 1850, se. 82.
Children, born in Southboro:
i Sally% b. 1 Oct., 1787; d. 11 Sept., 1823; m. Lieut. Larkin New-
ton; res. Southboro.
445 ii Baker, b. 9 Jan., 1792.
191 REBECCA^ daughter of Capt. William'* and Rebecca
(Ball) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 1 Feb., 1763; married,
27 Feb., 1781, Ephraim, son of Silas Jewell of Stow, Mass.; born
19 Aug., 1760; died in Kirtland, O., 13 July, 1845.
Children (Jewell) :
i Homs% b. , 1781; d. in Georgia, Vt.
ii Ephraim, b. 23 May, 1783; res. Oberlin, O.
iii WiUard, b. 15 July, 1785; res. St. Albans, Vt.
iv Samuel, b. 26 Aug., 1792; res. St. Albans Bay, Vt.
V Lydia, b. 2 April, 1795; m. Elbridge Brigham, son of 211.
vi Martha, b. , 1796; d. unm., 22 Oct., 1836.
vii WiUiam, b. , 1798; d. 12 Feb., 1809.
viii Ira M., b. 5 July, 1803; res. Kirtland, O.
ix Eurata, b. , 1807; d. 5 Feb., 1852; m. Reuben Fuller.
Ch. (FuUer):
1 Esther^; 2 Lydia; 3 Sidney; 4 Marietta; 5 Martha; 6
Francis; 7 Franklin; 8 Anna; 9 Amelia; 10 Sophia; 11
Eurata.
192 COL. EPHRAIM«, son of Capt. WiUiam^ and Lydia
(Chamberlain) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 9 Oct., 1771;
died in Saxonville, Mass., 13 Sept., 1847; married (1), 3 Nov.,
1794, Lucy, daughter of Peter and Levina (Howe) Rice; born 21
Dec, 1774; died 20 Feb., 1814; married (2), 15 March, 1815,
]\Iary, daughter of Daniel Hubbard of Leicester, Mass., born 8
Feb., 1789; died his widow, in Saxonville, Aug., 1870.
He was a resident of Marlboro, Sudbury and Saxonville, Mass.,
at different times during his life. In Marlboro he was for some
time town, treasurer and in 1808, '24 and '25 he served as select-
man. Elected general, but declined to qualify. Was one of the
leading men of his day. He deeded Brigham Cemetery to the
town of Marlboro, in 1808.
Children (by first wife), who appear all to have been born in Marlboro:
446 i William C.'', b. 7 Aug., 1795.
447 ii Matthias, b. 29 Nov., 1796.
448 iii Lucy, b. 11 March, 1798.
449 iv Ephraim, b. 21 Oct., 1799.
450 v Harriet, b. 14 March, 1801.
451 vi Sidney, b. 28 Dec, 1802.
212 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
453 vii Elijah, b. 17 Nov., 1804.
453 viii Peter, b. 18 Sept., 1806.
454 ix Lydia, b. 2 Jan., 1809.
X Sophia, b. 5 Dec, 1811; d. in SaxonviUe, 17 June, 1883; m.
26 March, 1830, Josiah Stone of SaxonviUe; a farmer, b. 28
Oct., 1801; d. 6 Sept., 1881. Ch. (Stone), b. in SaxonviUe:
1 Elizabeth^ b. 25 Dec, 1830; m. John A. D. Gross; res.
Newton Centre, Mass.
2 Martha E., b. 17 March, 1838; unm.; res. Newton Centre.
3 Caroline B., b. 3 March, 1839; d. 3 June, 1846.
4 Eugene.
5 Josiah Euc/ene, b. 8 May, 1847; d. at Nogales, Mexico (where
he was U. S. Consul), 11 July, 1893.
Children (by second wife), born in Marlboro:
xi Mary H., b. 27 April, 1816; d. unm., 30 March, 1837.
455 xii Jane E., b. 20 Dec, 1818.
xin Caroline C, b. 22 Dec, 1821; d. Oct., 1897; m. 17 Jan., 1843,
William, son of Paul A. Ingraham of Peacham, Vt.; was a
retired merchant in Watertown, Mass.; 25 years town clerk,
selectman, and 2 years representative. Ch. (Ingraham):
1 Ralph Waldo^ b. 19 Oct., 1845.
2 Isabel Frances, b. 10 Sept., 1849; m. 26 Sept., 1875, Edward
C. Graves of Boston. Ch. (Graves): Chester C.% b. 18 July,
1878.
3 Alice Choate, b. 25 May, 1856; m. Edwin F. Fearing of New-
ton, Mass. Ch. (Fearing): WiUiam I.», b. 23 June, 1888.
xiv Charles C, b. 9 April, 1824; d. 3 Oct., 1826.
456 XV Charles F., b. 5 June, 1829.
457 xvi Lucius L., b. 1 Sept., 1832.
193 WILLARD% son of Capt. William^ and Lydia (Chamber-
lain) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 18 June, 1775; died in
Rindge, N. H., 7 Feb., 1843; married in 1806, Abigail, daughter
of David and Elizabeth (Foye) Munroe; born in Lexington, Mass.,
10 July, 1771; died in Rindge, 10 Feb., 1843. He settled in
Rindge, in 1821, in the south part of the town. Was an upright
man and highly respected.
Children, born in Marlboro:
458 i Abigail', b. 22 May, 1807.
459 ii Sarah Foye, b. 5 May, 1809.
460 lii WiUard Chamberlain, b. 10 April, 1811.
194 SOPHIA% daughter of Capt. William'' and Lydia (Cham-
berlain) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 12 June, 1784; died
in Montpelier, Vt., 1855; married (third vdfe), 8 Oct., 1822, Hon.
Jeduthun Loomis, born in Tolland, Conn., 5 Jan., 1779; died in
Montpelier, Vt., 12 Nov., 1843.
He studied law and settled in Montpelier, 1805, where was select-
man, 1813 and 1814; Judge of Probate. He was continually
in office from 1807 until death. Was twice married before his
Monument to Colonel Ephraim Brigham
In Brigham Cemetery, Marll.oro; erected by Lucius L. Brigham of Worcester
SIXTH GENERATION 213
Brigham marriage, and had two sons by his second wife, (Charity
Scott of Peacham, Vt.), Dr. Gustavus H. and Chauncey.*
Children (Loomis), born in Montpelier:
i Charity^ m. Charles Dana of Woodstock, Vt. Ch. (Dana) :
1 (Dr.) Charles^ of 53 W. 53d St., N. Y. City, a leading nerve
specialist of international reputation.
2 John C, Public Librarian, Newark, N. J.
Also three other sons, names unknown.
ii Rebecca, m. Joseph Prentiss, moved to Winona, Minn,
iii Charles, res. Cincinnati, O.
195 EBENEZER% son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brig-
ham; born in Southboro, Mass., 5 April, 1768; died in Southboro,
26 Feb., 1852; married (1) Betsey Champney, who died 22 June,
1799; married (2) Elizabeth (Rice) Wilder; who died 22 Feb.,
1827, as. 65; married (3) Molly Brigham, (dau. of 71), his cousin,
who survived him. He resided in Southboro.
Children (by first wife), b. in Southboro:
461 i Samuer, b. 23 Oct., 1789.
ii Betsey, b. 28 Feb., 1792; d. unm., ae. 28.
Children (by second wife), born in Southboro :
462 iii Curtis, b. 17 March, 1801.
463 iv Dana, b. — Oct., 1802.
V Elijah, d. unm., ae. about 40.
196 SYLVESTERS, son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brig-
ham; born in Southboro, Mass., 16 Jan., 1771; died in Southboro,
24 Nov., 1858; married Patty Nichols, who died 22 May,
1836, ae. 62. He resided in Southboro.
Children, born in Southboro:
464 i Dennis% b. 10 Dec, 1795.
ii Emily, b. 29 Jan., 1797; m. Newell Bellows; res. Westboro.
465 iii William Ashbel, b. 24 Oct., 1798.
466 iv Lowell, b. 6 Dec, 1800.
467 V Trowbridge, b. 27 Sept., 1802.
vi Sophia, b. 17 Sept., 1804; m. (1) Edmund "WTiipple; m. (2)
Dea. Tuttle; res. Littleton.
vii Lyman, b. 29 March, 1806; d. 3 Nov., 1808.
viii Ruth, b. 26 Feb., 1809; d. 31 Oct., 1827, ae. 18.
ix Harriet, b. 11 April, 1811; m. James Williams; res. Southboro.
X Otis, b. 13 July, 1813; d. 28 Nov., 1836, ae. 23.
197 DINAH^ daughter of EHjah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brig-
ham; born in Southboro, Mass., 5 Nov., 1772; died there or in
Wendell, Mass., Sept., 1857; married Joseph Williams of South-
boro and Wendell.
* Vide Thompson's Hist. Montpelier, pp. 208 et seq.
214 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children (Williams):
i Lincoln', b. in Southboro.
11 Martha.
Hi Avis.
iv Joseph.
V Elijah Brigham.
vi Hollis.
vii Louvinia.
viii James, b. 24 Aug., 1812; d. 21 Dec, 1869; m. 1847, Maria, dau.
Eben Cutler of Shrewsbury, Mass.; res. Worcester, where a
real estate dealer. Ch.:
1 Ella M.^ 24 July, 1849; m. David L. Fiske of Grafton, Mass.;
she grad. Boston School of Oratory. Ch. (Fiske): i Mavida'j
ii Rebecca C. ; iii Georgiana K.
ix William.
X Moses.
xi Nancy.
198 CAPT. ELIJAH% son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor)
Brigham; born in Southboro^ Mass., 19 July, 1776; died there,
8 May, 1861; married (1) (pub. Charlestown, Mass., 27 May,
180S), Sophia, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Allen) Houghton;
born in Lancaster, Mass., 15 June, 1775; died 25 Jan., 1816;
married (2) Jane Fisk, who died March, 1852.
From 1803 to 1813, he kept a store and tavern in Southboro;
he afterward kept the " Black Horse " tavern in Union Street,
Boston, and was engaged for some time in the " forwarding "
business. He was in the war of 1812.
Children (by first wife), born in Southboro :
i Seleucus% b. 21 Aug., 1805; d. 31 March, 1806.
ii Mary Sophia, b. 27 Jan., 1809; was a teacher in Boston; d. unm.,
30 Dec, 1888.
iii Adaliza, b. 16 Oct., 1811 ; d. unm., 21 Nov., 1835.
468 iv Elijah Sparhawk, b. 20 April, 1813
V Angeline A., b. Nov., 1819.
vi Rosalinda M., twin to Angeline. These ladies were for many
years prominent educators in Boston, retiring some years ago
to their home in the country, Chichester, N. H., where they reside
in 1906.
199 TROWBRIDGE^ son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor)
Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 17 Sept., 1778; died, probably
in St. Albans, Vt., 21 July, 1836; married (1) in Southboro, 12
Jan., 1803, Asenath Eaton, born 8 Oct., 1775; died 21 May, 1821;
married (2) in St. Albans, 6 Dec, 1822, Mary Caldwell, born
10 Oct., 1782, in New Hampshire; died 22 Nov., 1836. Resided
in St. Albans.
Children (by first wife), probably born in St. Albans:
i Hartweir, b. 30 Aug., 1803; d. in Waddington, N. Y., 21 Jan.,
1831; res. there; m. (1) Oct., 1825, in Fairfield, Vt, Delia
SIXTH GENERATION 215
Wright, who d. there, 8 Sept., 1828; m. (2) 4 Jan., 1832, in Wad-
dington, Sarah McDowell, who d. there, 13 July, 1839. Ch.:
1 Mary Elizabeth^ b. 21 Jan., 1827, in Canada; m. in Wisconsin,
Oct., 1854, David Bailey; she d. Oct., 1855, in Davenport, la.
2 Louisa Dorinda, d.
3 Jane Maria, b. 26 Feb., 1828; d. in Waddington, 1850.
469 ii Emily, b. 1 Jan., 1805.
iii Dorinda, b. 17 April, 1808; no further reported.
470 iv Stowell, b. 1 Aug., 1809.
V Fanny, b. 4 May, 1812; res. in Niles, Mich., unm., about 1857;
aided Morse in rescuing the records of her family.
Children (by second wife), born in St. Albans:
vi Almira A., b. 14 Aug., 1825; d. 12 Sept., 1825.
vii Miranda A., b. 8 Jan., 1827; d. 19 April, 1827.
200 LINCOLN^, son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brigham;
bom in Southboro, Mass., 17 Jun, 1780; died in Troy, N. Y., 18
Nov., 1831; married 13 June, 1802, Lucy, daughter of Elisha
and Hannah (Flagg) Forbes of Westboro, Mass.; born 3 June,
1779, died in Worcester, Mass., 21 Oct., 1837. She was admitted
to the church in Arlington, Mass., in 1810; dismissed to the church
in Cambridgeport, in 1827. He resided in Cambridge, Mass.,
where was selectman in 1823.
Children, born in Cambridge:
i Lucy Maria', b. 28 April, 1803; d. s. p., in Newton, Mass., 19
Sept., 1882; m. (1) 11 Sept., 1834, Rev. David Peabody of
Lynn, afterwards Professor of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres at
Dartmouth College, where he d. 17 Oct., 1839; m. (2) Rev.
Daniel L. Furber of Newton Centre, Mass.
471 11 Joseph Lincoln, b. 15 Nov., 1804.
472 iii Erastus Forbes, b. 26 Aug., 1807.
iv Elijah Dana, b. 17 Aug., 1813; d. s. p., 6 April, 1868; was a
merchant in Boston for a number of years. President of the
Metropolitan Ry. ; Commissioner General of Mass., during the
Civil War, with rank of Capt., and Government Purchasing Com-
missioner in Boston as Brevet Major (see N. E. Hist. Oeneal.
Reg., vol. xxii. p. 468).
473 V Lucy Forbes, b. 9 Sept., 1818.
474 vi Lincoln Flagg, b. 4 Oct., 1819.
201 HEPSIBAH% daughter of Elijah=^ and Ruth (Taylor)
Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 7 May, 1782; married 6 Sept.,
1801, Caleb son of Zaccheus Witherbee; born in Southboro, 3 April,
1779; moved to Marlboro in 1806, where he died 3 Jan., 1853.
Children {Witherbee), born in Marlboro, except the 2 eldest born in
Southboro :
i Jabez S.', b. 12 Sept., 1802; m. Harriet BrighamS 391.
ii Elijah Brigham, b. 19 July, 1804; m. Louisa Brigham, dau. of
210.
iii Nancy M., b. 3 Dec, 1806; d. 11 Nov., 1807.
iv Nancy M., b. 19 Oct., 1808; d. unm., 21 Nov., 1829.
216 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
V Nahum, b. 12 April, 1811; m. 30 April, 1835,
vi Dennis F., b. 25 July, 1813; d. 1857; m. 20 May, 1835, Charlotte,
dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Brighara) Stevens, and granddau.
of 162.
vii John Brigham, b. 10 June, 1816.
viii Sarah, b. 26 Oct., 1818 ; d. 27 Sept., 1840.
ix Wilham Wallace, b. 21 Feb., 1821; m. Elizabeth G. Brigham,
dau. of 388.
202 MARTHA^ daughter of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brig-
ham; born in Southboro, Mass., 6 June, 1790; died 17 Aug., 1829;
married 1807, Dea. Stephen R., son of Roger and Elizabeth
(Rice) Phelps; born 3 Dec., 1788; he married (2), Elizabeth
Brigham, (dau. of l62), and widow of Abraham Gates. He re-
sided in Marlboro and was deacon in the West Parish church.
Children (Phelps) :
i Nancy^ b. 19 Feb., 1807; m. John Cathell; res. Cincinnati, O.
ii Charles, b. 27 June, 1808; m. 1834, Mary R. Wilson; res. Marl-
boro.
Hi Henry Roger, b. 25 Jan. (Hist. Marl, says "June"), 1810; m.
Harriet Davis; res. Syracuse, N. Y.
iv Winslow, b. 20 Oct., 1811; d. 12 Feb., 1826.
V Martha, b. 17 Sept., 1813; m. William Wilson; res. Marlboro,
vi John, b. 28 May, 1817; m. 9 Oct., 1838, Sarah Charlotte Wilson;
res. Marlboro, where was manufacturer, several years town clerk,
and representative.
203 TAYLORS, son of Elijah^ and Ruth (Taylor) Brigham;
born in Southboro, Mass., 29 April, 1793; died there, 4 Feb., 1870;
married (1) Arethusa Fay; married (2) 11 March, 1827, Ann
Jacobs of Cambridge, Mass. He resided in Southboro.
Child (by first wife), born in Southboro:
i Edward A.', b. 9 Jan., 1817; d. 27 Dec, 1876, s. p.; m. 9 Nov.,
1843, Drusilla D. Whitney; res. Northboro. They adopted
Clarissa Augusta^, dau. of Jonathan L. and Arethusa* (Brigham)
Patch, and granddau. of 483.
Children (by second wife):
ii Arethusa Ann, m. Dexter Newton of Southboro, who d. in 1890.
Ch. (Newton), b. in Southboro:
1 Francis D.^, m. (1) Ella A. Strickland, who d. s. p.; m. (3)
Ellen J. MiUer. Ch.: Roland S.»
2 Ida L., d. y.
S Ada M., living, unra.
4 Cora A., living, unm.
iii Georgiana Baxter, m. Lyman Newton of Southboro, who d. in
1902. Ch. (Newton), b. in Southboro:
1 Edward E.^, m. (1) Mary Chandler; m. (2) ;
res. Kansas City, Mo.; 3 children.
2 Charles R. (d.). Ch.: Charles L.» (d) ; Chester.
3 Lillian, res. in Southboro, unm.
iv Lucretia L., res. unm., in Southboro, in 1903.
V Charles W., d. at Charlestown, Mass., Nov., 1853, ae. 18.
SIXTH GENERATION 217
vi " Halloway " Baxter, b. 3 March, 1840 (changed name to Henry) ;
m. . Ch.:
1 Ella\
vii George Taylor, b. 25 Feb., 1844; m. Emma Hayes; res. in Union,
N. H. Ch.:
1 Chesley^.
viu Martha, d. 27 July, 1853, ae. 6.
204 EPHRAIM^ son of Aaron^ and Elizabeth (Brown) Brig-
ham; born in Grafton, Mass., 2 March, 1746; died in Colebrook,
N. H., 26 Feb., 1802; married Sarah ; born 22 Dec, 1747;
she married (2) 21 June, 1803, David Tyler, from the vicinity
of Piermont, N. H. He moved to Colebrook, N. H.
Children, the 2 elder horn in Grafton, the others in Colebrook:
475 i Aaron% b. 29 March, 1771-2.
ii Betty, b. 26 Feb., 1773-4.
iii Sarah, b. 23 June, 1776; d. unm., in Lempster, N. H.
iv Elisha, b. 3 July, 1778; d. Jan., 1779.
V Louisa,, b. 21 Dec, 1779.
vi Ephraim, b. 13 March, 1781-2; d. Jan., 1782-3.
vii Dorothy, b. 10 Dec, 1783.
viii Susannah, b. 10 May, 1785; d. May, 1785.
476 ix Thomas, b. 7 July, 1786.
X Rebekah, b. 26 Aug., 1788; d. 28 April, 1804.
xi Ethelinda, b. 19 July, 1794; m. Jesse Tyler, b. in Piermont, N. H.,
5 March, 1785. Ch. (Tyler):
1 Simon^j 2 Hazel; 3 Hosea B., b. 1816, living in Alderbrook,
N. H., in 1896; had a son James"; 4 James; 5 Martin (per-
haps of Lunenburg, Vt.) ; 6 Milo; 7 Pierpont; 8 Alvira; 9
Annie.
205 LIEUT. EZEKIEL^ son of EzekieP and Martha (Big-
elow) Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 30 March, 1755; died
there, 14 Dec, 1828; married 5 Feb., 1783-4, Patience Gowing,
who died, his widow, 5 Nov., 1834. He settled in Grafton, probably
on land drawn in the right of his grandfather Nathan, who was one
of the 40 proprietors of that town by consent of the General
Court, in 1727- The male line is extinct.
Children, born in Grafton:
i Martin GreenleaF, b. 22 Feb., 1784; d. 14 April, 1790.
ii Betsey, b. 6 July, 1785; d. unm., 10 April, 1838.
iii Polly, b. 23 April, 1787; d. in Oxford, Mass., 11 Oct., 1866; m.
26 March, 1825, (second wife), Capt. John, son of Joseph Hurd;
b. in Oxford, 20 May, 1779; d. 30 April, 1866; was Capt. of
Militia and deacon in the Cong'l church; m. for his first wife,
Mary Stone, by whom a family. Ch., by second wife (Hurd),
born in Oxford:
1 Caroline P.% b. 10 Sept., 1827; d. in Oxford, 2 March, 1860; m.
1 Sept., 1849, A. Bradford, son of Bradford Hudson, b. in
Oxford, 4 June, 1826; he m. (2) Mrs. Cordelia (Davis) Sum-
ner; was in the Civil War. Ch. (Hudson), i Oliver B.'; ii
William W. of Grafton.
218 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iv Ezekiel, b. 18 Feb., 1789; d. ; probably s. p.; m.
Susan, dau. of Capt. Ephraim and Susanna (Brigham) Goulding;
born 25 March, 1793.
V Oliver M., b. 24 Dec, 1793; d. unm., 28 Feb., 1861.
vi Abijah, b. 20 Aug., 1795; d. 10 March, 1813, ae. 18.
vii Diadema, b. 27 July, 1801; d. unm.
206 DR. ISAAC^ son of EzekieP and Martha (Bigelow)
Brigham; born in Grafton, Mass., 30 May, 1757; died in Milford,
Mass., 12 June, 1825; married 6 April, 1786, Elizabeth, daughter
of Rev. Amariah Frost, of Milford; born 6 Sept., 1754; died there
3 Jan., 1829.
He probably went to Milford after his father-in-law's death,
in 1792, and lived in the parsonage; was graduated from Brown Uni-
versity, in 1804, A. M., and M. D. in 1824; practiced many years
in Plainfield, N. H. Probably was the one who marched on the
Lexington alarm in Capt. Luke Drury's Co. He seems to have re-
mained in the army and was a sergeant in 1779. Line is now ex-
tinct.
Children, uncertain where they were born:
i Horace', b. 1787; d. 1810; was very promising; in the employ
of Maj. John Claflin, who esteemed him so highly that he named
his son, who became the merchant prince in New York, Horace
Brigham Claflin.
ii Isaac, b. 1794; d. 13 March, 1858; m. 3 Oct., 1830, Wealthy
Donovan, who d. 9 Feb., 1860, ae. 54; was for many years the
town sexton in Milford, and lived in the old parsonage at West
and Congress streets. Ch., b. in Milford:
1 Elizabeth Frosty b. 9 Sept., 1831; d. 17 Dec, 1849.
2 Horace, b. 16 April, 1834; d. 4 March, 1855.
3 Emily Alice, b. 19 May, 1838; d. 19 Aug., 1850.
207 SARAH®, daughter of Elisha^ and Sarah Brigham; born
in Grafton, Mass., 29 April, 1767; died there, 6 June, 1826;
married 18 April, 1782, Zebulon Daniels, born in Medway, Mass.,
1758; died in Grafton, 14 Feb., 1825.
Children (Daniels), born in Grafton:
i Lusiny', b. 1 May, 1783; m. P. Parker, and d. 1825.
ii Otis, b. 28 Sept.,' 1786; d. 1869.
iii Philena, b. 20 Sept., 1788; d. 1878.
iv Emory, b. 10 March, 1792; d. in Ohio, 1851; m. Mary Hastings,
v Sarah, b. 27 March, 1796; d. 6 Sept., 1870; m. A. Crosby.
vi Charles, b. 16 Aug., 1798; d. 11; Sept., 1874; m. Eliza Hastings,
Ch.:
1 (Gen.) Horace^ of R. I.; 2 Lewis; 3 Henry of Troy, N. Y.;
4 Joseph; 5 Louisa, m. Charles Taft; 6 Elisha; 7 Mary, m.
Sumner Fifield; 8 Martha; 9 Aaron; 10 Lucy; 11 Marcus.
vii Nancy, b. 26 Feb., 1801; d. 10 Oct., 1834.
viii John, b. 22 Nov., 1806; m. Nancy Chase.
SIXTH GENERATION 219
208 ITHAMAR% son of Capt. Ithamar^ and Ruth (Ward)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 7 Nov., 1758; died there 12
March, 1836; married Catherine Barnes, born 27 Jan., 1765; died
13 April, 1804. He resided in Marlboro, and was selectman in
1801, 1806, 1809 and 1811-1813. Probably was private in Capt.
Wm. Morse's Co. of Volunteers, and marched to reinforce army
under Gen. Gates, Oct. 1777-
Children, born in Marlboro: a ivi^ .
i (Dr.) Levi% b. May 1, 1784; d. 8 Dec, 1818; res. Raymond, Me.;
m. . Ch.:
1 Catherine^ m. Orin H. Newton, who d.; res. Clinton.
2 Joseph B., res., a merchant, in Boston.
477 11 Aaron, b. 29 Dec, 1785. o ^ ^^ t««i
iii Moses, b. 22 July, 1788; d. 2 May, 1875; m. Susan, dau. of Joel
Fosgate of Berlin, Mass.; she d. 19 Sept., 1885, ae. 90; res. on
a part of the homestead of Thomas, the son of Nathan, in
Marlboro. Ch., b. in Marlboro:
1 Susan F.^ b. 1 Jan., 1816; d. 28 Oct., 1853; m. 20 Sept., 1838,
John Holyoke, and res. Marlboro. Ch. (Holyoke): i ArviUa
M.% b. 25 April, 1840; d. 12 Oct., 1840; ii Helen M., b. 18
Oct., 1841 ; iii Martha E., b. 20 Feb., 1850.
2 Lucy M., b. 31 Oct., 1820; m. H. S. Bowman; res. Marlboro,
iv Jonas, b. 29 Aug., 1790; became an officer m the U. S. Army
in the War of 1812, and d. 9 Feb., 1822, in New York.
478 V Eli, b. 18 July, 1794.
479 vi Abel, b. 13 Feb., 1797.
vli Judith, b. 5 Oct., 1799; d. 21 Oct., 1864; m. Joel, son of Nathan
BuUard of Medway, b. June, 1794; d. in Berlin, 8 Nov., 1850; a
blacksmith in Berlin. Ch. (BuUard) :
1 Martha S.', b. 15 Aug., 1825; d. 27 Oct., 1898.
2 Henry M., b. 22 Aug., 1826; d. 9 May, 1860.
3 Harriet H., b. 26 Sept., 1831 ; d. 21 Nov., 1875.
4 Mary C. J., b. 8 July, 1834; d. 10 Nov., 1882; m. Wm. R.
Patch of Fitchburg. Ch. (Patch):
i Carrie L.', m. Charles Woodward of Berlin.
5 Jane M., b. 23 Aug., 1836; res. unm., in Berlin; P. O. address,
Northboro. . .„
6 James M., b. 23 Aug., 1836; d. 29 April, 1893; m. ArviUa
Hadley. Ch.: i Wm. S."; u Frank H.; iii Charles M., aU of
Greendale, Mass.
209 DANIEL^ son of Capt. Ithamar^ and Ruth (Ward) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 15 Nov., 1760; died 7 March, 1807;
in Bridgton, Me.; married Anna Beaman of Marlboro, born 1
March, 1761, died 8 April, 1855, ae. 94. They removed to Bridg-
ton about 1789. He had a good Revolutionary record. Was in
the army in 1777, 1779, 1780, and was discharged 13 Jan., 1781.
He was 5 ft. 11 in. tall, of a dark complexion.
Children, born in Bridgton:
i Ithamar^ b. 20 Jan., 1790; d. 2 Nov., 1858, unm. „. , ,
ii Rutha, b. 24 Sept., 1792; d. 22 July, 1822; m. Jan., 1817, Richard
220 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Davis from New Hampshire, b. 22 Julj, 1791; d. 19 April, 1860;
res. in Bridgton. Ch. (Davis) :
1 Alvina\ b. 14 Jan., 1818; d. 23 Aug., 1828.
2 Alvin, b. 6 Aug., 1821; m. 12 Aug., 1858, Caroline, dau. of
Hon. N. S. Littlefield of Bridgton; res. there.
480 iii Daniel, b. 4 June, 1794.
481 iv Aaron, b. 11 March, 1796.
V Nancy, b. 24 Sept., 1798; d. 22 April, 1853; m. Richard Davis,
widower of her sister Rutha. Ch. (Davis):
1 Butha^ b. 22 June, 1825; d. 29 Sept., 1827.
2 Richard H., b. 28 Jan., 1828; res. in Bridgton, unm.
3 Eliza J., b. 22 Jan., 1830; res. in Bridgton.
482 vi Henry, twin to Nancy.
210 ABNER'^, son of Capt. Ithamar^ and Mary (Beaman)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 21 Dec, 1768; died in Marl-
boro, 4 Nov., 1828; married, 21 June, 1794, Dorothy, daughter of
Peter and Sybil (Howe) Wood; born in Marlboro, 30 Nov., 1767;
died there, 6 July, 1854, ae. 87. He was a farmer and resided in
Marlboro.
Children, born in Marlboro :
483 i Loring", b. 19 March, 1795.
ii Alden, b. 4 May, 1797; d. 7 Sept., 1797.
484 iii Abner, b. 21 June, 1798.
iv Nancy, b. 15 July, 1800; d. in Barre, Mass., 19 April, 1896; m.
(1) 1827, John O. Sullivan, who d. s. p., 1829; m. (2) 1832,
Walter Felch, who d. s. p., 1872; she res. in East Boston, Mass.
485 V Adolphus, b. 4 Dec, 1802.
vi Louisa, b. 31 March, 1805; d. 11 Aug., 1890; m. 12 April, 1829,
Hon. Elijah Brigham Witherbee, son of 201; who removed to
Flint, Mich., and d. 2Q Feb., 1847. Ch. (Witherbee) :
1 Austin B.\ b. 22 May, 1832; d. 2 Feb., 1871; m. 1856, Molly
A. Thompson; had a family,
vii Alden, b. 12 March, 1807; d. s. p., in Colebrook Springs, Mass.,
25 Nov., 1877; m. 6 Dec, 1835, Laura Ann Brigham, dau. of
293, who d. 8 July, 1897, ae. 84; she was bed-ridden for years;
he was a successful schoolteacher in the District Schools for many
years; res. on a part of his gr.-grandfather's homestead, and
became an authority on the cultivation of choice fruit in his
neighborhood. He was an ardent spiritualist and wrote on the
subject in verse and prose.
viii Austin, twin to Alden; d. unm., 16 Jan., 1829.
211 DEA. PAUL% son of Capt. PauP and Eliza (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 17 June, 1761; died in St. Albans,
Vt., of apoplexy, 17 Nov., 1838; married Fanny, daughter of
Elijah and Ruth (Taylor) Brigham (76), born 12 Sept., 1769,
in Southboro, Mass.; died in St. Albans, 31 May, 1865.
He was a soldier of the Revolution in 1780. A selectman of
Marlboro in 1801; removed to St. Albans, March, 1803, having
disposed of his father's homestead which he inherited. He with
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his wife and Antipas Brigham, (64), were 3 of the 9 charter
members of the Congregational church in St. Albans in 1803. He
was 5 ft. 8 in. in height, of a dark complexion.
CMldren, the 4 four younger born in St. Albans, others in Marlboro:
486 i Pierpont', b. 2 Aug., 1785.
ii Josiah, b. 5 Aug., 1787; d. unm., 3 March 1810.
iii Lovina, b. 11 April, 1789; d. unm., in St. Albans, 10 Nov., 1878.
iv Sumner, b. 13 Dec, 1791; d. unm., 20 Dec 1813
V Elbridge, b. 10 March, 1794; d. 13 Feb., 1845; m. 3 Nov 1817,
Lydia Ball Jewell, b. 2 April, 1795; d. 20 March, 1862; res.
St. Albans. Ch.: . ™ .„• u
1 Josiah SanforcF, b. 15 Aug., 1818; d. unm., m Phillipsburg,
Can., 10 June, 1892; a physician, grad. McGiU ^^^ed. Co U.
2 Lincoln Sumner, b. 14 Nov., 1821; d. unm., 3 April, 1853, m
Phillipsburg.
vi Jonah, b. 25 Jan., 1797; d. 21 July, 1799.
vii Paul, b. 7 July, 1799; d. 25 Nov., 1803.
vui Elijah, b. 31 July, 1801; d. 16 Nov., 1813.
ix Elisha, b. 31 Oct., 1803; m. (1) 15 March, 1832, Nancy Jemson,
who d. 23 March, 1845, in Monroe, Mich., where they removed;
m (2) 20 Jan., 1848, Mrs. E. A. Comstock, who d. 3 May, 1850;
m (3^ 12 Nov., 1854, Orphia S. Curtis. Res. Ravenna, O. Ch.:
1 Adelia\ b. 14 Dec, 1833; m. June, 1854, J. W. Turner; res.
Coldwater, Mich.
2 Edgar, b. 10 July, 1836; d. 5 Sept., 1837
3 Sophia, b. 12 April, 1837; d. 13 April, 1839.
4 Mary, b. 16 Dec, 1838.
5 Elenora P., b. 30 June, 1840; d. 6 Aug., 1850.
6 Fanny H., b. 27 Jan., 1843; m. Ward; res. Wash-
ington, D. C.
487 X William D., b. 14 Jan., 1806.
xi Moses W., b. 29 Feb., 1808; d. 2 Jan., 1839, with lockjaw, m
Charleston, S. C. , j r.* t
xu Lummus, b. 24 July, 1810; m. Catherine Creps, who d. 24 June,
1858; res. Toledo, O. Ch.:
1 William B.\ b. Sept., 1834.
2 Frances L., m. John Worts; res. Toledo.
3 Frederica; 4 Catherine; 5 Sarah; 6 Florence; 7 Emma, who
d. ; 8 Julia.
212 SAMUEL^ son of Capt. PauP and Eliza (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 14 Sept., 1762; married in 1787,
Asenath, daughter of Barnabas Bailey. He resided m Berlin,
Mass. He was a farmer and weaver, and invented a new shuttle.
Children, born in Berlin:
1 Elizabeth', b. 5 Nov., 1787; d. unm., 27 Sept., 1841.
ii Seraphine, b. 5 June, 1789; d. in Nashua, N. H., 1870; m. Josiah
CrosbT, from Scotland to Berlin, where res. on Dr. Daniel Brig-
ham's place, and d. 15 Sept., 1866, ae. 84. Ch. (Crosby), b. in
Berlin :
1 Nancy^, d. y.
222 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
2 Josiah Quincy, b. 28 Feb., 1830; lost an arm in the CivU
War; afterward in Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C; had
res. in Stoneham, Mass.
3 William H., b. 26 Dec, 1833; proprietor of National Hotel,
Washington, D. C.
488 iii Barnabas, b. 13 March, 1791.
iv Sophia, b. 25 Aug., 1796; d. unm., ae. 28.
V Eli, b. 7 Aug., 1799; d. 1832, probably in Washington, D. C;
m. Lucy Crosby; res. for a time in Pittsburgh, N. H. Ch.:
1 Lucy S.^, m. Andrew Madison, Washington, D. C.
2 Lucinda; 3 Romanzo; 4 Elizabeth, m. , in Wash-
ington, D. C.
213 THOMAS^, son of Capt. PauP and Eliza (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 25 Dec, ,1765; died in Berlin,'
Mass., 9 March, 1821; married 6 May, 1795, Azubah, daughter
of William Babcock; born 15 Oct., 1764; died in Berlin, 11 Oct.,
1847. He was a farmer and resided in Berlin. The male line is
extinct.
Children, born in Berlin:
i PauF, Capt. and farmer, b. 12 April, 1796; d. in Berlin, s, p.,
24 June, 1869; m. 31 Oct., 1844, Harriet^ (Brigham) Phelps,
450; res. on the homestead of his father in Marlboro, and
served in various town offices and was, for years, selectman.
489 ii Thomas, b. 17 Oct., 1797.
iii Sybil, b. 10 May, 1799; d. unm., 4 July, 1879.
iv Elizabeth, b. 14 Feb., 1805; d. s. p., in Northboro, 16 Sept.,
1873; m. John F. Newton, who d. in Northboro, 7 June, 1888
V Azubah, b. 4 Oct., 1809; d. 1 March, 1835, unm.
214 POLLY (MARY)«, daughter of Col. Timothy^ and Lydia
(Wood) Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 15 April, 1781; died
in Richmond, Wis., 21 Sept., 1862; married 18 April, 1802, Seth
Hill, born in Cornwall, 9 Dec, 1783; died in Riclmiond, 24 Nov.,
1859. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church. She moved to
New York State and thence to Richmond, Wis.
Children (Hill), the 3 younger born in Danby, N. Y.:
i Sarah^ b. 5 Feb., 1805; d. 18 Aug., 1884; m. 8 Sept., 1825,
Stephen Bettis of Buffalo, N. Y. Ch. (Bettis):
1 Henry^, architect in Buffalo.
2 Addie, m. Rev, Mr, Taylor,
ii Mary, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., 25 April, 1807; d. 14 Oct., 1882;
m. 28 Sept., 1828, Lyman Bradley of Spencer, N. Y. Ch.
(Bradley) :
1 Edwin^.
2 Augustus L., dentist in Spencer.
3 Chas. E., Lieut, in the Civil War.
4 Mary A., m. Dr. T. F, Bliss of Springfield, O,
iii Esther, b. 22 Oct., 1810; m. 20 March, 1828, William Patterson
of Richmond, Wis. Ch. (Patterson):
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1 Seth^, of Howard, Kan.
2 Martin, who was in the Civil War.
3, 4 and 5, killed in the Civil War.
iv Nancy, b. 5 Aug., 1815; d. 16 April, 1890; m. John M. Evans
of AVhitewater, Wis.
v Elizabeth, b, 22 Dec, 1825; d. about 1880; m. 22 Dec, 1844,
Joseph Prentice. Ch. (Prentice) :
1 Elmina^, m. Terry of Los Angeles, Cal.
2 Fred F., res. Magnolia, Wis.
215 GARDNER", son of Lieut. Artemas^ and Keziah (Rice)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 20 Feb., 1764; married Sarah
Rice, 10 April, 1785; resided in Northboro, He was probably a
private in the Revolution, in 1781.
Children, born in Northboro:
i Betsey% b. 29 Jan., 1786.
490 ii Joel, b. 13 Dec, 1788.
216 JOHN*', son of Lieut. Artemas^ and Keziah (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., 24 May, 1766; died in Rochester,
N. Y., ae. 63; married 21 March, 1790, Lois Fisk; resided Paxton,
Worcester County, and later, moved to New York State and west.
Children, born in Massachusetts, except the fourth and fifth born in
Rochester:
i Benjamin^ m. Sallie CooUdge; no ch. recorded.
491 ii John Swarrow, b. 24 May, 1803.
iii Charles.
iv Sobeiski.
V Pulaski,
vi Clarissa, m. Aaron Davis. Ch. (Davis) :
1 Edward^, who d. ae. 20.
2 Gideon, who went to Texas before 1861.
vii Maria, m. Jacob Forbes. Ch. (Forbes) :
1 Mary^j 2 Horace; 3 Clarissa; 4 Levi; 5 Thomas.
vlii Arethusa, m. Levi Wright. Ch. (Wright) :
1 Charles'; 2 Stephen.
ix Lois, m. Samuel Waite. Ch. (Waite) :
1 Harriet'; 2 Mary; 3 Oliver.
X Eucla, b. 1806; d. in Somnauk, 111., Nov., 1900; m. 1831, Alvarius
Gage. Ch. (Gage):
1 Sallie'; 2 Lois; 4 Sobeiski; 5 Ellen.
217 HENRYS son of Lieut. Artemas^ and Keziah (Rice)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 4 Dec, 1768; died there 20
Oct., 1853; married (1) 1793, Susanna Harrington, born 14 Feb.,
1769; died 28 Aug., 1805; married (2) 1806, Hannah Bride, born
in 1772; died 19 Oct., 1807, ae. 34 yrs. 10 mos. 24 days; married
(3) 1816, Betsey Newton, born in 1781; died in 1871, ae. 90. The
last wife resided at the old homestead in Northboro until her death.
224 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Child (by first wife), born in Northboro:
492 i Henry', b. 30 Oct., 1798.
Child {by second wife), born in Northboro:
ii Artemas, b. 29 June, 1806; d. unm., in Northboro, in 1837.
Children (by third ivife), born in jSorthboro:
ill Charles Edward, b. 11 March, 1817; died in Northboro, in 1891.
iv Elizabeth Newton, b. 8 May, 1818; unm.; res. at the homestead.
V Hannah Bride, b. 9 Sept., 1819; m. George Ball; had 5 children;
res. Southboro.
vi Susanna Harrington, b. 29 Dec. (Morse says " Sept."), 1820; m.
19 June, 1844, Stephen Hunt, Jr., b. in Northboro; perhaps they
moved to Southboro. Ch. (Hunt), b. in Northboro:
1 Henry A.\ b. 1845.
2 Ellen F., b. 1848.
3 Frederick S., b. 1849.
4 Arthur Briyham, b. 19 Jan., 1858.
vii Frederick William, b. 15 Dec, 1821 ; d. unm., in N., in 1885.
viii Sarah Ann, b. 1 Dec, 1824; m. Jan., 1851, George Emerson
Rice, b. in Marlboro, 29 May, 1818; she d. and he m. (2) Nov.,
1863, Mary A. Allen. Ch. (Rice), b. in Marlboro:
1 Mary S.\ b. 5 Feb., 1852.
2 Charles E., b. 16 Jan., 1854; d. 19 July, 1877.
3 Sarah E., b. 2 Sept., 1857; m. Oct., 1881, Charles H. Sloan.
4 Son, b. Aug., 1862; d. 12 Oct., 1862.
218 LOVELL% son of Lieut. Artemas^ and Keziah (Rice)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 22 Oct., 1782; died in Worces-
ter, Mass., 19 Feb., 1849; married, 1806, Lucy, daughter of Stephen
Phelps of Marlboro, Mass., born 20 April, 1788; who died. He
probably married a second time, although no record appears of
such marriage. He vras a farmer in Northboro and is said to have
moved to West Boylston, Mass.
Children, probably born in Northboro:
i Lucinda', b. 13 Sept., 1809; d. 22 March, 1810.
493 ii Stephen P., b. 11 Oct., 1810.
494 iii WUliam Russell, b. 27 Dec, 1812.
iv Joseph, b. 14 Oct, 1824; m. twice in W. Boylston, but names of
wives not learned.
219 MOSES% son of Lieut. Artemas^ and Keziah (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., 21 April, 1786; died 25 Nov.,
1874, ae. 88; married Mary®, daughter of Fortunatus Brigham,
(168), born in Marlboro, 3 Nov., 1783; died 13 June, 1869- He
resided in Binghamton, N. Y.
Children, born in Binghamton:
i Eliza', b. 7 Aug., 1807.
ii Elmer W., b. 29 May, 1809; d. in Binghamton, 18 March, 1895;
m. in 1833, Ruth Ann Robie, b. in N. Hampshire, 1813; d. in
Binghamton, 12 March, 1899. He was the first brick manfr. in
Binghamton, and was a contractor and builder, also. He and his
wife each lived to be eighty-five years old. Of their eleven chil-
Colonel Ephraim Brigham Homestead, Marlboro
SIXTH GENERATION 225
dren eight d. and we have no records of their names. The chil-
dren who lived were the 2d, 5th and 8th, b. in Binghamton:
2 John B.^, res. Portland, Oregon.
5 Edward C, res. Portland, Oregon.
8 Porter Elmer, h. 1849; m. 18T7, Mary Parker CramhaU of
San Francisco, Cal., b. 1855; he is a merchant m Portiand,
Oregon. Ch., b. there:
i George Chase", b. 1883; ii Helen Katherine, b. 1885.
iii Edward, b. 14 April, 1811; d. 2 Oct., 1872; m. (1) Sarah Ann
Tissot; m. (2) Clarissa Swain. Ch., of whom there were probably
nine, the names of five only being known:
1 Sarah Ann^ m. Elmer L. Andrews of Lestershire, N. Y.; she
res. Binghamton.
2 Charles E., res. Binghamton.
3 Eubulus E., res. Horn Brook, Pa.
4 Benjamin F., res. Horn Brook, Pa,
5 Clara E., m. Bennett; res. Topeka, Kan.
iv Fanny E., b. 26 Oct., 1812; d. 21 Aug., 1888; m.
Delemater.
V Mary, b. 16 Feb., 1816.
vi Elijah W., b. 21 Sept., 1826; in 1893 he res. in Bmgham-
ton; m. • Ch.:
1 Julia F^ b. 19 Sept., 1851 ; d. 13 Nov., 1859.
2 Frederick 8., b. 15 Aug., 1858; d. 10 June, 1902.
3 John L., b. 11 Dec, 1861 ; d. 14 Sept., 1901 ; m.
Ch.: Ethel L.», b. 18 Nov., 1888.
4 Harry E., b. 7 March, 1872; m. . Ch.: i Bessie L. ,
and ii Grace L., twins, b. 27 June, 1892,
220 SILVANUS% son of William^ and Betsey (Stratton) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., 17 Jan,, 1774; died in Lowell,
Vt., 7 March, 1843; married
Children :
i Perle',
ii Charles, b. in Lowell, Vt., 15 Sept., 1803; d. 15 Aug., 1853; m.
Jerusha Dewey (dau. of Asa), b. in Hanover, N. H., 7 Nov.,
1805; d. 25 April, 1850; a farmer in Lowell. Ch., b. there:
1 Ann D?, b. 16 May, 1827; m. 29 April, 1847, George S, Noyes,
Architect, Chelsea, Vt., who d. 26 Nov., 1867; 5 children, one,
Mrs. Pliny C. Bliss of No. Lexington, Mass.
2 Asa Dewey, b. 29 Aug., 1828; m. in the West; a butcher and
res. Abington, Pa.; 5 children.
3 Harvey S., b. 16 Dec, 1829; a butcher in Abington; 1 dau.
4 Frank A. H., b. 1 Dec 1831; m. AngeUne Northrup; a farmer
in Abington.
5 Amanda S., b. 16 Jan., 1834; d. 8 June, 1856.
6 Charles P., b. 15 May, 1837; d. 25 Aug., 1842.
7 Emily A., b. 24 Feb., 1840; drowned 15 Aug., 1863, with 4
cousins.
iii Levi, who res. in Lowell, Vt.
221 LUCY®, daughter of William^ and Betsey (Stratton)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass,, 24 March, 1778; died
226 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
; married, 13 Oct. 1796, Solomon Willard Cushman, born
in Norwich, Vt., 10 June, 1773; resided in Tunbridge, Vt., and
died 22 Dec, 1822.*
Children (Cushman), born in Tunbridge:
i Marietta^ b. 30 March, 1797; d. 21 March, 1800.
ii Solomon, b. 16 April, 1799; d. 5 Nov., 1821.
iii Porter, b. 3 Nov., 1801; m. (1) Eunice Osgood; m. (2) Asenath
West; 7 ch.
iv Marilla, b. 15 March, 1804; unm.
V Ira, b. 26 July, 1806; d. at Chelsea, Vt., 17 May, 1850; m. Emily
Adams of Ripton, Vt.
vi Malvina, b. 10 Dec, 1808; m. (1) Benjamin H. Adams of
Tunbridge, in 1838; he d. 13 Oct., 1849; m. (2) Nathaniel Stock-
well of Waitsfield, Vt., in April, 1852; res. Tunbridge; 4 ch.
vii Minerva, b. 24 Aug., 1811; m. Alvin Ordway of Tunbridge, in
1833; 8 ch.
viii Dennis, b. 24 Aug., 1811; unm.
ix Frances, b. 28 April, 1814; m. Jude Moulton of Tunbridge, 25
Oct., 1846. 2 ch.
X Ziba Chapman, b. 3 July, 1819; m. Laura Quaid of Randolph,
Vt., in Nov., 1848; 2 ch.
222 STEPHEN^ son of Jonathan^ and Lydia (Stevens) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 24 Aug., 1780; died in Sheridan,
N. Y., 13 Nov., 1856; married in 1800, Mary Wilcox, in Madison,
N. Y. ; he removed with his father, in 1796, to Madison, N. Y. ;
in 1817 he moved to Chautauqua County.
Children :
i Willard W.', b. in Augusta, N. Y., 16 July, 1802; m. (1) 6 Oct.,
1825, Electa Robinson, who d. in Dunkirk, 16 Feb., 1853; m.
(2) 25 Aug., 1853, Louisa C, dau. of E. R. Thompson of Dun-
kirk. Mr. Brigham was a commission merchant, well known upon
the Lakes; res. in Dunkirk, s. p.
ii Edward; iii Charlotte; iv Lucetta; v Paulina; vi Mary; vii Harriet,
viii William H., m. 26 Dec, 1839, Nancy B., dau. of Cyrus Shattuck,
originally from N. H.; res. in Dunkirk; assessor, collector,
mail agent and prominent man. Ch.:
1 Catherine Maria?, b. 25 June, 1845.
223 JOHN'', son of John^ and Abigail (Williams) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 7 Oct., 1780; died in Pomfret, N. Y., 8
Jan., 1850; married, 20 Feb., 1807, Sarah Eaton of Paris, N. Y.
He resided for a time in Paris, now Clinton, N. Y. In 1808 he
went from Madison County to Chadwick Bay, now Dunkirk, N. Y.
Children, all but the eldest probably born in Dunkirk; they are all
deceased, but dates of death not known in each case:
495 1 Lodasca', b. in Madison Co., N. Y., 13 Dec, 1807.
ii Phebe, b. 1809; d. in Laporte, Ind., 29 Jan., 1837; m. Curtis
Travis; moved to Indiana about 1832; he m. again. Ch. (Travis):
* Vide Cushman Genealogy.
SIXTH GENERATION 227
1 Eliza Madeline^; 2 Nelson Albert; « John B.; 4 Wesley.
iii Walter E., b. 1811; m. (1) 28 April, 1844, Sophia Bussing; m.
(2) 13 Feb., 1853, Ann A. Saunders. Ch.:
1 Laurens Orlando^ b. 29 Jan., 1845; d. unm., in U. S. N., Cm!
War.
2 Minerva A., b. 11 AprU, 1849; m. Shepard; res.
Silver Creek, N. Y.
3 Frank W., b. 23 Jan., 1854; d. before 1904.
496 iv Orlando, b. 5 Feb., 1813. ^ ^ ^u
V Polly, b. 1815; m. 11 Feb., 1835, Moses Luce of Pomfret. Ch.
(Luce) :
1 John^, who d.
2 William, m. Clarissa Rood ; res. Cassadaga, N. Y.
3 Curtis, res. 1904, Arkwright, N. Y.
4 Sarah, m. Charles Spencer of Fowlerville, Mich.
5 Moses.
6 Lodasca, m. Allen Erwin of Sinclairville, N. Y.
7 Martha, m. Dexter, Cardot, Mich.
vi Henry, b. 1816; m. 21 May, 1839, SeUnda Chase; res. Cropsey,
lU. Ch.: ^ r, ^
1 Julia\ b. 14 Feb., 1844; m. McCullough; had 2 ch.
497 vii Nabby, b. 1818.
viii John WiUiams, b. 1820; m. Delacia Perry of Warren Co., Pa.;
res. Dunkirk, where he was a member of the firm of Brigham &
Brigham, seed merchants. Ch., b. in Dunkirk:
1 George Raymond^ b. 22 Oct., 1853; res. Nebraska.
2 Daughter, d. y.
498 ix Nelson, b. 11 June, 1822.
X Jackson, b. 1824; m. in Pomfret, 6 Feb., 1849, Maria Balcom;
moved to York, Neb. Ch.:
1 Alice J^f.^ b. 28 Feb., 1851; m. Pratt; res. York.
2 Charles W., b. 14 Dec, 1855; res. York.
3 Ida, res. York; m. .
4 George.
xi Sarah, b. 1826; d. abt. 1854; m. Nicholas Wilson; moved to
Matamora, 111. Ch. (Wilson) :
1 Corwin^, b. 7 Sept., 1850.
2 Marvin, b. 22 Feb., 1852.
3 John B., b. 22 Dec, 1853.
xii Almary, b. 1830; m. (1) Elijah Plank; m. (2) ChUson
of Topeka, Kan.
xiii Harriet, b. 1832; m. Nicholas Bussing of Pomfret. Ch. (Bussing):
1 Emma^; 2 Ahnara; 3 Sarah; all of whom died; 4 Jerome,
d. 19 Jan., 1904, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and had 5 ch.
xiv Fanny, b. 1833; m. 19 Sept., 1854, at Pomfret, Ezra MerriU; res.
Fairburg, 111. Ch. (Merrill) :
1 Alices b. 20 Feb., 1855; 2 Jay, b. 14 Nov., 1858; 3 Delia; 4
Roland; 5 Vinie; 6 Forest; 7 Lee; 8 Sanford.
224 JAMES^ son of John^ and Abigail (Williams) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 6 Nov., 1782; died in Fredonia, N. Y.,
31 Jan., 1861; married there, 4 March, 1811, Fanny Risley,
who died at the home of her daughter Philena, in Dunkirk, N. Y.,
26 Jan., 1869.
228 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
He moved to Madisorf^ N. Y., with his father in 1795, and set-
tled in Fredonia. He assisted in the erection of the first mill and
in the establishment of the first school and church in Fredonia,
and was to the end of his days a respected and influential citizen.
They are remembered with deep aff"ection by their few surviving
children and will ever be held in honor by their posterity.
Children, born in Fredonia:
499 i Fidelio Williams', b. 5 Dec, 1812.
ii Philena Warren, b. 13 April, 1816; d. in Dunkirk, N. Y., 24
Feb., 1886; m. 26 Jan., 1840, John Freese, who survived her only
a few years. Ch. (Freese) :
1 Helen Sophia^, b. 22 Nov., 1840; m. about 1870; res., a widow,
Jersey City, N. J.
2 Fanny Brigham, b. 7 July, 1843; d. 29 Dec, 1846.
3 James Brigham, b. 15 Dec, 184—; d. 29 Sept., 1846.
4 George Brigham, b. 7 July, 1848; d. 13 April, 1853.
5 Ada Belle, b. 26 Feb., 1850; res., with sister, Jersey City.
500 iii Wesley Hervey, b. 13 May, 1819.
iv James Risley, b. 31 Jan., 1821 ; d. in Pittsburg, 26 July, 1843.
501 v Levi, b. 6 Jan., 1824.
502 vi George French, b. 18 Nov., 1827.
vii Sophia French, b. 29 Sept., 1830; d. 3 Jan., 1840.
viii Henry Hanson, b. 30 July, 1833; unm., res. in White River,
Wisconsin; a local agent at that station for Wis. Cen. Ry. Co.
ix Helen Harriet, b. 30 July, 1833; d. 12 March, 1836.
225 WALTER% son of Jolin^ and Abigail (Williams) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 1787; died in Dunkirk, N. Y., 5
Sept., 1827; married in 1812, Mary Child, daughter of William
Dix of Holden, Mass.; born in Holden, in 1790, and died at the
home of her son Robert, in Amboy, 111., 1 Nov., 1857. She mar-
ried (2) Mr. Taylor of Ripley, N. Y.
Walter visited England in 1818, and was at the manor of Brig-
ham and the borough of Cockermouth but his MSS. were lost. After
his return from travel abroad, he became a merchant in Westfield
and Dunkirk, N. Y.
Children, the second and third born in Pomfrel, N. 7.:
503 i Mary Ann% b. 18 Dec, 1814.
ii Lydia Maria, b. 27 Oct., 1819; d. unm., in Spirit Lake, la., 28
March, 1901.
iii Robert McMann, b. 18 June, 1824; m. 6 June, 1850, Mary Ann
Kenyon of Westfield, N. Y.; res. Amboy, 111.; d. s. p. 30 Jan.,
1892.
iv Walter Dix, b. 21 April, 1828; d. unm., in Dunkirk, 23 Sept.,
1863.
SIXTH GENERATION 229
226 ABIGAIL®, (or NABBY), daughter of John^ and Abigail
(Williams) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H.; baptized 13
March, 1791; died ; married, 25 Oct., 1810, Hon. (Gen.)
Elijah, son of Elijah and Phoebe (Bills) Risley; born 17 May,
1787; died , 1869-
He was a merchant and very prominent man of Chautauqua
County, N. Y. ; a member of Congress in 1850-'52. He and his wife
occupied a high place in the esteem and affections of the people
of Fredonia, N. Y., where they resided, and where they celebrated
their 54th marriage anniversary in 1864.
Children (Risley), born in Fredonia:
1 Florilla C.^ b. 1 Oct., 1811; d. in La Salle, N. Y., 24 June, 1874;
m. Chauncey Tucker, b. 10 Jan., 1805; d. in L. S., 25 April, 1874.
Ch. (Tucker), b. in Fredonia:
1 FlorelM, d. y.
2 Henry C, b. 24 Oct., 1835; d. 7 June, 1887; an attorney,
Niagara Falls, N. Y. ; m. Clara Warren; 6 ch.
3 Risley, b. 10 Oct., 1848; a manufacturer; President Buffalo
Envelope Co.; res. s. p., Buffalo; m. Matilda C, dau. of
Jonathan Jewett.
11 Hanson Alexander, b. 16 June, 1814; d. in W. Newton, Mass., 23
Aug., 1893; m. 3 Dec, 1835, Harriet H. Crosby, b. Sept., 1816;
d. 28 Sept., 1868. Ch.:
1 George F.\ b. 18 Oct., 1836; d. 17 March, 1841.
2 Mary C, b. 10 March, 1838; d. 15 March, 1841.
3 Walter R., b. 25 May, 1842; d. 7 July, 1847.
4 Olive F., b. 15 July, 1844; adopted by Hon. William H. Sew-
ard, and assumed name of Risley-Seward in 1868; res. Wash-
ington, D. C.
5 Harriet D., b. 5 March, 1850; m. Alfred Rodman of Dedham,
Mass.; 1 son.
iii Sophronia, b. 15 Sept., 1816; d. 5 Sept., 1875; m. 7 Feb., 1841,
Charles F. Matteson of Fredonia, who d. April, 1882; res.
Fredonia. Ch. (Matteson), the 3 younger b. in Fredonia:
1 Katherine^, b. 16 Jan., 1844.
2 Isabelle, b. 22 Sept., 1851 ; d. Oct., 1852.
3 Charles R., b. 29 Jan., 1855 ; d. 7 Feb., 1855.
4 Abhy J., b. 29 Jan., 1855; d. 29 Oct., 1858.
Iv Laurens Green, b. 27 March, 1819; d. Jan., 1893; m. 7 Jime,
1842, Henrietta E. Houghton, b. 8 July, 1821; d. 6 Feb., 1897.
Ch.:
1 Evelyn^ b. 26 Feb., 1843; d. 15 July, 1890; m. ^2 Nov., 1871,
George H. Stetson of Bangor, Me.
2 George H., b. 13 April, 1847; m. 24 June, 1868, Emilie B.
Schutt.
V DeUa, b. 13 Oct., 1824; d. Aug., 1881; m. 28 Dec, 1843, Hon.
T. P. Grosvenor of Buffalo, who d. 1880. Ch. (Grosvenor) :
1 Ellen D}, b. 13 May, 1845, in Buffalo; d. 1 June, 1898; m.
28 Dec, 1868, Milton B. Cushing, Paymaster U. S. A., who d.
about 1886.
2 Charles P., b. Nov., 1858, in Dunkirk; d. 7 Jan., 1899.
vii Minerva, b. Aug., 1825 (Morse says " 1828 ") ; d. in Dunkirk, 10
Feb., 1897; m. Frank C. Cushing, a lawyer, who d. Oct., 1858.
230 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
227 LIEUT. JOEL% son of SamueP and Phebe (Davis) Brig-
ham; born in Paxton, Mass., 12 Sept., 1785; died in Lodi, Ohio,
S Oct., 1837; he was shot through the abdomen by Indian " Long-
finger," from an ambush; married 8 Oct., 1809, Polly Ann, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Susan Durkee, of Augusta, N. Y.; born in
Washington, Conn., 7 Oct., 1786; died in Lodi, 13 Sept., 1840. He
was a Lieutenant in the War of 1812. He removed from Augusta,
N. Y., to Dunkirk, N. Y., about 1816 and thence to Lodi in 1834.
Children, the first 3 born in Augusta, the last 4 in Dunkirk:
504 i Elmina% b. 2 July, 1810.
505 ii Dexter, b. 28 Oct., 1812.
506 iii Winfield Scott, b. 30 Dec, 1814.
50T iv Joel, b. 10 Jan., 1818.
V Haven, b. 2 June, 1820; d. 19 Feb., 1837.
vi Theodore, b. 2 Jan., 1823; d. 19 Aug., 1835.
vii Julius, b. 25 Aug., 1826; d. 26 Jan., 1840.
228 BARNA% son of Capt. Tilly^ and Rachel (Walker) Brig-
ham; born in Brookfield, Mass., 11 Nov., 1784; died 4 March,
1834; married Anna Hinds of Prescott, Mass.; born 11 May, 1785;
died 24 Aug., 1861.
Children, born in Prescott:
i Bathsheba', or " Basha," b. 18 Sept., 1805; d. in Prescott, 26
Sept., 1806.
ii Charles F., b. 19 Jan., 1807; d. 19 Aug., 1866; a book dealer; res.
Cincinnati,
iii Nehemiah H., b. 13 March, 1809; d. 18 Sept., 1861; res. Prescott.
iv TiUy, b. 4 Nov., 1810; d. 26 Sept., 1811.
V Barna Lovering, b. 2 Feb., 1813; d. 21 Sept., 1876; a farmer in
Richland, Mich.
vi Henry, b. 25 March, 1815; d. 24 Sept., 1837; a trader in Verona,
vii Marcia A., b. 14 Oct., 1817; res. Acme, Mich.
viii Vesta C, b. April, 1819; d. 15 March, 1872; res. Northampton,
Mass.
ix Frances E., b. 17 July, 1821; res. Florence, Mass.
X Mary J., b. 25 July, 1823; d. 22 Aug., 1855, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
xi Lorenzo, b. 27 March, 1825; d. 10 Aug., 1825.
xii Horatio G., b. 19 July, 1827; d. 30 July, 1830.
xiii Samuel T., b. 4 Feb., 1829 ; retirel ; res. Florence, Mass.
xiv Emory C, b. 24 Nov., 1832; d. 24 Aug., 1895; a jeweler; res.
Florence, Mass.
229 JOEL^ son of Capt. Tilly'' and Rachel (Walker) Brig-
ham; born in Brookfield, Mass., 2 June, 1790; died there about
1866; married 27 Feb., 1812, Basmath Hamilton. He resided on
the original homestead in Brookfield, and engaged in farming.
Children, born in Brookfield:
i Martha A.^ b. 27 Dec, 1813; d. unm., in So. Framingham, Mass.,
20 April, 1893.
ii Persis A., b. 24 Oct., 1815; d. 24 April, 1893; m. 1837, Timothy
M. Walker; moved to Springfield, in 1843, where he was a mer-
chant. Ch. (Walker):
SIXTH GENERATION 231
1 Edward M.^
2 William B., both res. in Springfield.
ill JuUa F., b. 3 Aug., 181T; m. Henry S. Waterman, who engaged
in mining. Ch. (Waterman):
1 Charles H.', b. 11 Maj, 1848; 2 Mary A.j 3 Henry B.
508 iv Jane Elizabeth, b. 11 July, 1819.
V Seraph A., b. 9 Feb., 1821 ; res. unm., So. Frammgham, Mass.
vi Tilly, b. 1 March, 1823; d. unm., 1865, in N. Y. City, where he
was with Wade Letter Press Co.
509 vii Salem Tilly, b. 17 Oct., 1824. , , •
viii Lucius A., b. 10 June, 1827; res. unm., a hardware dealer in
St. Louis. , ^ ^ -, -looA
ix Abbie H., b. 11 Sept., 1829; d. in So. Framingham, 2 AprU, 1884;
m Augustus Richardson, a straw-goods manufacturer; b. in
Sterling, Mass., 28 Dec, 1823; d. 5 Feb., 1892; res. So. Framing-
ham. Ch. b. there:
1 Addie C?, m. Frederick P. Stearns of Dorchester, Mass.,
who d. 1905. Ch.: i Herbert"; ii Ralph.
2 Ella M., m. Frank H. Fales; res. s. p.. So. Framingham.
3 Herbert A., m. Albina C. Jacobs; res. s. p.. So. Framingham.
4 Kate E.
5 Fred W.
X Mary A., b. 20 May, 1831; d. 7 Dec, 1848.
xl Joseph W., b. 11 Dec, 1834; m. Juliana Hyde; res. on the old
homestead in Brookfield. Ch.:
1 Alfred^; 2 Lucius.
230 JAMES% son of Elislia^ and Patience (Walker) Brigham;
born in Brookfield, Mass., 22 Feb., 1783; died in Richford, Vt.,
31 Oct., 1866; married 24 March, 1814, Marcia Hastings of West
Richford; born 3 Nov., 1792; died in Richford, 5 June, 1879- He
resided in West Richford.
Children :
i Infants^ twin girls; d, at birth.
ii Lucie E., b. 14 Feb., 1816; d. 17 July, 1902; m. 9 Dec 1840,
Henry Branch, who d. 26 Feb., 1869; res. Berkshire, Vt. Ch.
(Branch): , „ ^ t, i u-
1 Viola E?, b. 11 Aug., 1842; m. Peter Rockwell of Berkshire.
2 Mary E., b. 24 May, 1844; m. Charles Brainard of Berkshire,
iii Laura H., b. 26 Oct., 1817; d. unm., 17 Sept., 1900, ae. 82.
iv Nancy M., b. 11 Sept., 1819; d. 27 Dec, 1853; m. 2 March, 1853,
Ambrose Sikes ; res. Payson, 111.
510 V Bostwick, b. Brookfield, Mass., 6 Aug., 1821.
vi Alfred (Rev.), b. in Brookfield, 27 Nov., 1823; d. in Newark
Valley, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1896; m. 15 June, 1853, Fanny P. Tinker
of Concord, N. H., who d. 27 Oct., 1901. Ch.:
1 William F.\ b. 2 April, 1854; d. 18 June, 1876.
2 Mattie, b. 29 Oct., 1858; d. s. p., 21 Oct., 1891; m. 17 June,
1884, Melville D. Cameron.
3 Lottie, b. July, 1861 ; d. 21 Sept., 1869.
4 Minnie, b. April, 1863; d. 24 Aug., 1872.
vii Elizabeth, b. 6 Sept., 1825; m. in W. Brookfield, in 1869, Calvin
E. Gilbert, who d. s. p., 30 Oct., 1901.
511 viii James E., b. in Caroline, N. Y., 17 July, 1827.
232 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY ■
ix Marcia A., b. 4 Nov., 1829; d. 24 Feb., 1850.
X Rebecca K., b. 13 Nov., 1832; d. 26 Oct., 1846.
231 SILVANUS% son of Elisha^ and Patience (Walker) Brig-
ham; born in Brookfield, Mass., 80 July, 1785; married 1 Dec,
1808, Sarah, daughter of Elisha Rice of Brookfield; born 17 Sept.,
1790. He was in the War of 1812, and went from Brookfield to
Boston. He resided on part of the old homestead in Brookfield.
Children, born in Brookfield:
i Lucy Rice% b. 26 April, 1809; m. (1) George Old; m. (2)
Columbus Rice; d. in B., s. p., 9 Oct., 1882.
ii Emeline, b. 22 Feb., 1811; m. Dexter Nichols of Sturbridge,
Mass. Ch. (Nichols), b. in Sturbridge:
1 Henry W.^, m. Maynard. Ch.: i Maynard D.*, res.
California; has 1 boy; ii Homer; iii Walter; iv John; all
res. Sturbridge and have families.
2 Sarah E., m. Farnum Southwick. Ch. (Southwick) : Myron%
who res. Warren, Mass., and has 5 ch.
iii Amanda, b. 11 Jan., 1813; m. Calvin A. Davis, who d. in Brook-
field. Ch. (Davis):
1 Frederick^, d.
2 Ellen, d.
iv James Sullivan, b. 3 Aug., 1814; d. 7 Feb., 1815.
512 V Alexander, b. 10 Nov., 1815.
vi Charles Lewis, b. 14 Nov., 1817; d. in Brookfield, 17 July, 1864;
m. Betsey S. Harwood, and res. there. Ch.:
1 John H?, b. 20 Feb., 1857; d. 28 Aug., 1864.
2 Frank T., b. 21 Jan., 1860; d. 1 Aug., 1864.
vii Frederick, b. 28 Oct., 1819; d.; m. Eliza J. Hobbs; res. Warren,
Mass. Ch. :
1 Lticy J.^, who m. J. M. Drake; s. p.
viu Sarah, b. 16 Feb., 1822; d. ibid.
ix John G., b. 18 Aug., 1823; d. 22 Jan., 1849, unm.
X Seth, b. 8 April, 1828; d. unm., 4 Oct., 1876; he was a cripple,
and assisted Rev. Abner Morse in his work.
232 DR. SAMUEL^ son of John^ and Zerviah (Rice) Brig-
ham; born in Phillipston, Mass., l6 Jan., 1782; died in Bainbridge,
O., 29 July, 1848; married (1) Lucy Churchill; married (2) PoUy
Wood; born 17 Jan., 1792; died in 1838; her father was a captain
in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel resided at Bangor, N. Y., and then went west. He was
a physician and surgeon, and musical, being considered a fine violin-
ist. Several of his descendants inherited his musical gifts.
Children {all by second wife), 10 were born, but only 5 lived; the 3
younger b. in Bangor, N. Y.:
513 i SamueF, b. in Malone, N. Y., 8 May, 1817.
ii Lucy Churchill, b. in N. Y. State, 31 July, 1822; d. 1 Nov., 1892;
m. 31 Dec, 1845, Benjamin Sweet of Ohio. Ch. (Sweet) :
1 Alcesta\ b. in Bainbridge, O., 3 Aug., 1848; m. (1) 24 Oct.,
1867, Nathan Phinney, who d. 5 July, 1876; m. (2) 28 Nov.,
1881, Franklin S. Morris of Munroe, O.
SIXTH GENERATION 233
2 Leora, b. 29 June, 1852; m. 12 Jan., 1905, Frank Russell,
whose first wife was Emily A. Brigham, dau. of 513.
lii Polly Wood, b. in 1824; d. 11 Dec, 1893; m. in 1844, "William
R. Hatch of Berlin Heights, O.; a sailor. Ch. (Hatch):
1 William E?, b. 15 Sept., 1845.
2 Arabella Z., b. 25 Sept., 1849; m. 15 Oct., 1871, Marion
Sprowl, who d. 13 April, 1894. Ch. (Sprowl) : i Hallie J.',
b. 10 July, 1874; m. May, 1897, Ada Karcher; ii Francis L.,
b. 10 April, 1881; m. Oct., 1901, Ada Willinger; iii Rena B., b.
19 July, 1887; m. March, 1902, Alonzo Goodsite.
3 Alice E., b. 6 Jan., 1854; m. 22 March, 1874, Alfred L.
Dickinson. Ch. (Dickinson) : Marian A.% b. 15 Sept., 1880.
iv Benjamin Franklin, b. 7 Aug., 1827; d. in Pleasantville, la.,
where he res. 19 Aug., 1905; m. Clara J. Elliot, 23 April, 1863;
5 children were born, aU dying young. He was a farmer. His
death leaves Mrs. Price, his sister, the last of her family.
V Abigail Rudd, b. in 1833; m. 23 Oct., 1855, Thomas Price of
Huron, O., who d. s. p., 27 May, 1870; he was a great sportsman;
res. in Chagrin Falls, O., where she now lives (1905). She has
taken a great interest in the Brigham Family History, and has
furnished a large number of records of the line.
233 JOHN*^, son of SamueP and Rachel (Underwood) Brig-
ham, born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 22 March, 1788; died 1 May, 1853;
married 14 Aug., 1808, Sarah, daughter of Abraham Fay of North-
boro, Mass., who died 25 March, 1869, «• 82.
Children, born in Shrewsbury:
i Samuel Augustus', b. 18 Feb., 1809; d. Oct., 1846; m. Daphne
Leggett, who m. (2) Nathaniel Green. Ch.:
1 Susan A?, b. 1845; d. 1846.
ii Abraham Fay, b. 3 March, 1810; d. at home of his dau., Mrs.
Coburn, in Shrewsbury, 21 Aug., 1889; m. 13 June, 1850, Sarah
Wingate, who d. 2Q Sept., 1865, ae. 44. Ch., b. in Shrewsbury:
1 Eliza Jane% b. 8 July, 1851 ; m. 2 Oct., 1871, Henry L. Coburn,
who d. ; she res., a widow, in Shrewsbury. Ch. (Coburn): i
Walter"; ii Frank; both d. y.
2 May Fay, b. 30 Jan., 1854; m. 31 Aug., 1870, Lozano C.
Knowlton; res. Shrewsbury. Ch. (Knowlton) : Helen B.*,
b. 1 May, 1886.
3 George Edward, b. 4 June, 1856; m. 19 May, 1880, Helen A.
Hicks; res. Shrewsbury. Ch.: i Flora A.', b. 1 July, 1881;
ii Walter E., b. 2 Oct., 1882.
4 Dexter E., b. 9 May, 1859.
iii Abigail Martyn, b. 4 Feb., 1812; d. 24 Jan., 1885; m. (1) James
V? ■^- Green of MiUbury, Mass., who d. 1844, ae. 37; m. (2) Capt.
Leander Sawyer, who d. 1882, ae. 74. Ch. (Green) :
1 James^; 2 Sarah; 3 Marion; all d. y.
4 Henry A.,h. 7 Sept., 1841; m. Fannie M. Gates. Ch.: i Alice';
ii Albert; iii Marion; iv Florence; v Cora.
Ch. (Sawyer) :
5 Abigail, b. 28 April, 1852; she m. and d.
iv John, b. 29 June, 1818; d. probably unm., Nov., 1838.
V Charles Taylor, b. 14 Oct., 1826; d. unm., 4 March, 1861.
234, THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
234 LIEUT. NATHANIEL% son of David^ and Martha
(Chamberlain) Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 27 July,
1769; died 20 May, 1846; married 21 Nov., 1799, Sarah, daugh-
ter of John Mason, who moved from Medfield to Shrewsbury; she
died 14 April, 1843. He moved from Shrewsbury to West Boyl-
ston, Mass.
Children, the 3 elder born in Shrewsbury, the others in W. Boylston:
514 i Luther', b. 10 Oct., 1800.
515 ii Calvin, b. 23 May, 1803.
516 iii John Mason, b. 36 March, 1808.
517 iv Henry Harding, b. 31 June, 1814.
235 EDMUND TROWBRIDGE^, son of David^ and Martha
(Chamberlain) Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 9 March,
1771; died in Shrewsbury, 28 Feb., 1858; married Elizabeth or
Lucy Davis, of Ware, Mass.; she died at Shrewsbury, 4 May,
1853. He resided in Shrewsbury.
Children, the eldest born in Westboro, the second in Shrewsbury :
i Elijah Augustus^ b. 30 June, 1804; moved to Philadelphia, where
d. 37 Jan., 1889; m. 17 May, 1835, Elizabeth, dau. of Thos.
Witherby, Jr.; who d. 9 July, 1869. Ch.:
1 Susan Elizabeth^ b. 36 July, 1836; d. 15 Nov., 1870; m. Dr.
Levi Curtis of Philadelphia,
ii David Trowbridge, b. 6 Aug., 1806; a lawyer in Worcester; m.
24 Nov., 1831, Ann M. Peck; he d. s. p., in Keokuk, la., 9 July,
1865; was grad. Union Coll., A. B., 1839, P. B. K.; res. for a time
at Alton, 111.; was a member of the Iowa Senate.
236 PRESCOTT% son of David^ and Martha (Chamberlain)
Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 8 March, 1780; died 28 May,
1862; married 6 April, 1814, Hannah, daughter of Gideon Rider
of Shrewsbury; born m Shrewsbury, 24 July, 1788; died l6 Oct.,
1846. He resided in Shrewsbury, and removed to Blue Mounds,
Wisconsin, in 1838.
Children:
i Ebenezer Prescotr, b. 8 Sept., 1818; m. in 1838, Lucy Gibbs;
res. in California. Ch.: 1 Clarissa Damon, b. 17 March, 1839; m.
H. A. Goodell, and d. s. p. soon after,
ii Martha Chamberlain, b. 16 Dec, 1833; m. 28 May, 1842, Thomas
B. Cowles of Sauk Co., Wisconsin.
237 MERCY% daughter of David^ and Martha (Chamberlain)
Brigham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 21 March, 1784; died 12
Oct., 1867; married John, son of Gideon Rider, of Shrewsbury;
descended from George Barbour, the emigrant; he was born in
Hopkinton, Mass., 27 Jan., 1786; died in Phillipston, Mass., 17
Jan., 1862. They moved to Phillipston about 1820.
SIXTH GENERATION 235
Children (Rider), the 6 eldest born in Shrewsbury, the 3 youngest m
PhilKpston:
i Ann% b. 4 July, 1806; d. 19 Sept., 1829; m. 21 July, 1825, Rev.
(Hon.) Charles Hudson, b. in Marlboro, 14 Nov., 1795; d. 4 May,
1881; a soldier of the War of 1813; was a well-known historian of
towns of Massachusetts, notably that of Marlboro; was in both
branches of the Mass. Legislature many years, and also in Con-
gress. Ch. (Hudson), b. in Westminster:
1 Harriet W.^ b. 18 Aug., 1827; d. 26 July, 1828.
2 Harriet A., b. 13 Sept., 1829; d. 26 Sept., 1875; m, Henry M.,
son of Rev. Stephen I. Smith; res. in Chicago for more than
20 years; was one of the editors of the Chicago Tribune; also
editor in Washington and Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 4 ch.
li Martha Brigham, b. 15 June, 1808; d. 11 Jan., 1888; m. (second
wife), 14 May, 1830, Rev. (Hon.) Charles Hudson, whose first
wife was her sister Ann. Ch. (Hudson), b. in Westminster:
1 Martha Brigham\ b. 10 April, 1832; d. 25 April, 1832.
2 Charles H., b. 10 July, 1833; m. Frances H., dau. of John
Miller Nichols; was grad. from Harvard Univ., 1855; has been
Supt., Chief Engineer and Gen. Manager on several southern
R. R.'s; 5 ch.
3 (Col.) John W., b. 10 July, 1836; d. s. p., 1 June, 1872; m.
Sophia W., dau. of Edward Mellen of Wayland, Mass.; was
grad. from Harvard Univ., 1856; a lawyer in Boston; served 3
years with 35th Regt., Mass. Vol., Army of the Potomac, and
was Lieut. Col. Resided in Lexington.
4 Mary E., b. 31 March, 1839; res. Lexington, Mass., unm.
iii Marion, b. 27 Sept., 1810; m. 4 April, 1839, Charles, son of Maj.
Holland Forbes of Westboro and Royalston, Mass.; had 7 ch.,
6 d. y.
iv John, b. 28 Feb., 1813; d. 9 Sept., 1893; m. 1 Jan., 1839, Lydia,
dau. of John Johnson; moved from Petersham, Mass., to Blue
Mounds, Wis., 1847; served as assessor continually and as member
of the school board; 6 ch.
v Otis, b. 12 Aug., 1815; (spelled his name with a "y "); d. 6 June,
1897; m. 5 April, 1838, Susan, dau. of John Mann; res. Lawton,
Mich.; 7 ch.
vi Jonas, b. 26 Aug., 1818; d. 10 March, 1868, in Barre, Mass.;
m. Nancy, dau. of Charles and Lucy (Howe) Rice of Barre.
Ch. (Rider):
1 Caroline Augusta^, b. 3 Aug., 1843; d. unm., in No. Grafton,
Mass., 20 July, 1904.
2 Ella Jane, b. 4 July, 1850; res. unm., in Worcester.
3 Emma Josephine, b. 4 Oct., 1852; m. Charles A. Hancock;
res. Barre; 6 ch.
vii Theodore S., b. 27 Jan., 1821; d. 21 May, 1873; m. (1) 2 April,
1844, Rhoda, dau. of Capt. Jesse Forristall of Fitzwilliam, N. H.;
m. (2) 2 April, 1846, Mrs. Lucy (Crittenden) Carr; 3 ch., by
1st wife,
viii Susan Dennis, b. 5 April, 1825; m. 3 Jan., 1849, Jonathan Bart-
lett Ackermann of Rye, N. H.; res. Derry, N. H.; 2 ch,
ix Charles (spells his name with a "y"), b. 4 Aug., 1829; m. 27
March, 1851, Martha A., dau. of Daniel Matthews; 6 ch.
236 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
238 DAVID", son of David^ and Martha (Chamberlain) Brig-
ham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 15 Aug., 1786; died in Madison,
Wis., 16 Aug., 1843; married in Greenfield, Mass., 6 July, 1819,
Elizabeth, daughter of Jerome Ripley of Greenfield ;''she died in
Madison, 3 Nov., 1879, se. 86. He received the degree of A. B. at
Harvard College, 1810; became a tutor in Bowdoin College, where
in 1815 he received the degree of Hon. A. M. He read law and in
1818 was established in Greenfield. Earlier he resided in Shrews-
bury, Mass., and also in Fitchburg. He moved to Madison in 1839.
Children :
518 1 Jerome Ripley", b. 1 July, 1835.
u Marianne Elizabeth, b. io July, 1828; m. 10 April, 1849, Horace
G. Bliss; they res. Madison and then moved to St. Paul, Minn.
Ch. (Bliss):
1 Brigham^, who was with the First Nat. Bank of St. Paul for
20 years; m. Carrie Kellogg. Ch.: Julia".
2 Mary F., d. y.
239 LYDIA'', daughter of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha (Hardy)
Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 24 Aug., 1772; died in F.,
23 Nov., 1833; married 8 Sept., 1795, Elijah, son of Samuel
Phillips of Athol, Mass.; born in Athol, 23 Jan., 1764; moved to
Fitzwilliam about 1790, where he died 4 May, 1841.
Children (Phillips), born in Fitzwilliam:
1 Belinda^ b. 20 May, 1796; d. 13 Aug., 1798.
ii Lucy, b. 14 Jan., 1798; d. 4 Oct., 1805.
iii Elijah, b. 6 April, 1800; d. 26 Sept., 1805.
iv (Dea.) Rufus Brigham, b. 7 June, 1802; d. 5 Feb., 1882; m. 6
April, 1826, Mary, dau. of Dea. John Woodward; b. 8 March,
1799; d. 29 May, 1870. Ch.:
1 Susan M?, m. Charles Taft.
2 Edward P.
3 Mari/, m. Chester Marsh of Windsor, Vt.
v Maria, b. 20 July, 1804; d. unm., 30 Oct., 1821.
vi Gardner, b. 27 Nov., 1806; d. 23 Dec, 1869; m. (1) Fanny
Whitman, who d. s. p.; m. (2) Pamelia Carpenter of Westminster,
Vt. Ch.:
1 Julia A.', b. in Keene, N. H., 13 Nov., 1840; m. Albert Cooper
of Allston, Mass; 4 ch.
2 Hattie 8., b. in Keene, 27 Oct., 1842; m. Alfred P. Ranney of
Westminster; s. p.
3 Fannie M., b. 12 Feb., 1845.
4 Eliza J., b. in Walpole, N. H., 15 June, 1847; d. 16 Sept,
1865.
5 John G., b. 24 Dec, 1850; m., s. p.
6 Lydia D., h. in Westminster, 9 Dec, 1856; d. 9 May, 1858.
7 Herbert, m. ; 4 ch.
vii Elijah, b. 11 April, 1809; killed by Indians in Bureau Co., 111.,
18 June, 1832.
SIXTH GENERATION 237
viii Almond, b. 9 Oct., 1811; d. 3 Sept., 1879; m. 6 Oct., 1839, Kezia
A., dau. of John J. Allen; b. 21 Jan., 1815; d. 10 Sept., 1877;
moved to Marlboro, Mass. Ch. b. in Fitzwilliam:
1 Ella F.^ b. 28 Dec, 1840; m. Frederick J. Potter of Quincy,
111.; res. Allston, Mass.; 1 ch.
2 Henry S., b. 20 March, 1844; d. 17 Feb., 1847.
3 (Dr.) Leslie A., b. 19 Aug., 1847; d, 3 April, 1896; res. Boston.
4 Anna M., b. 31 May, 1850; m. George R. Leland of Worcester,
Mass.; 2 ch.
■ ix Levi, b. 30 Jan., 1814; d. 18 March, 1865; m. (1) 26 Oct., 1835,
Submit, dau. of Emory Taft; b. 1812; d. Dec, 1860; m. (2)
Mary, dau. of Henry Shirley. Ch. :
1 Helen^; 2 George H.; 3 Elmer E., Principal Park Col. School,
N. Y. City; 4 Lewis; 5 Herbert; 6 Harriet.
X Winslow, b. 19 Jan., 1817; m. 21 April, 1847, Susan, dau. of
Hyman Bent; b. 30 Dec, 1825. Ch.:
1 Herbert W.^
2 Arthur L., b. 7 Sept., 1854; m. 7 Oct., 1878, Hattie Marie
Keith, b. 9 July, 1858; res. Winchendon, Mass.; 2 ch.
3 Chester H., b. 27 May, 1868; m. 20 April, 1892, Anna May-
Merrill of Plymouth, N, H., b. 12 Jan., 1868; res. Fitzwilliam;
1 ch.
4 Wilbur H,
240 CAPT. JOSEPH% son of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha
(Hardy) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 2 June, 1774; died
in F., 19 July, 1846; married 28 April, 1803, Polly, daughter of
Francis and Sarah (Fisher) Perry Fullam; born 7 Jan., 1779;
died 29 Sept., 1861.
He was selectman in Fitzwilliam 1805-'07, 1811-'19, 1826-'30;
Representative, 1831 and 1832; Captain of the Artillery Co. He
was a farmer and removed to Dover, 111., 1832.
Children, born in Fitzwilliam:
i Belinda", b. 28 Feb., 1804; d. 11 July, 1812.
ii Rufus, b. 2 May, 1805; d. 28 June, 1812.
519 iii Silvester, b. 17 June, 1807.
iv Mary, b. 23 March, 1809; d. 8 July, 1812.
v Lucy, b. 16 June, 1811; living in 1893; m. 25 May, 1834, David
Chase, b. in Royalston, Mass., 30 April, 1811; d. 1 July, 1882;
was a farmer in Dover, 111. Ch. (Chase), b. in Dover:
1 Lucy A.^, b. 10 April, 1840; d. 1880; m. Oscar Mead of Dover.
2 David Warren, h. 11 Jan., 1844; m. Mary A. Codington; a
farmer in Dover.
3 Mary E., b. 30 Oct., 1849 ; m. Arthur Trueitt in Dover,
vi Polly, b. 2 Nov., 1813 ; res. Princeton, 111.
vii Nancy, b. 6 June, 1816; d. Oct., 1851.
viii Eliza, b. 31 Aug., 1818; d. 23 Sept., 1863.
520 ix Joseph H., b. 31 Jan., 1823.
241 HANNAH% daughter of Lieut. Levi'' and Tabitha
(Hardy) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 12 March, 1777;
died 27 Oct., 1845; married in Fitzwilliam, 1 July, 1802, Capt.
238 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
William Fisher, son of David and Sarah (Fisher) Perry; born in
Fitzwilliam, 9 Feb., 1776; died 18 March, 1871, ae. 95. He was
prominent in obtaining the charter for the Fitzwilliam Artillery
Co., in 1807, when the contest was close between Fitzwilliam and
Dublin.
Children (Perry), born in Fitzwilliam:
i Infant^ d. 19 Sept., 1803.
11 David, b. 14 Oct., 1804; d. 1 Oct., 1812.
iii Infant, b. 2T Nov., 1806; d. 4 Dec, 1806.
iv Sally, b. 30 Oct., 1807; d. 23 Oct., 1812.
V Tabitha, b. 6 Dec, 1809; d. 12 Oct., 1812.
vl William, b. 9 Jan., 1812; d. in Boston, 25 May, 1863; m. 30 May,
1841, Harriet, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Lennett) Springer
of Gardner, Me., b. 16 July, 1816; d. 8 Jan., 1903; he res. Boston.
Ch.:
1 Edgar TF.^ b. 30 March, 1842; d. 27 April, 1842.
2 Hannah E., b. 20 June, 1843; m. George A. Smith of Boston;
res. Boston; 2 ch.
3 Maria M., b. 5 April, 1845; d. 11 April, 1845.
4 William H., b. 11 Oct., 1847; served in the Civil War, 42d
Reg. Mass. Vols.; d. in Boston, of disease contracted in the
army, 11 Nov., 1864.
5 Sarah E., b. 11 Nov., 1853 (another record says "4 Dec,
1854 ") ; m. in Boston, 8 Oct., 1885, Warren S. Locke of Lan-
caster, Mass., b. 10 June, 1853; res. Providence, R. I. ; 4 ch.
6 Frederick G., b. 13 Jan., 1858; d. Oct., 1890; m. 10 Dec, 1884,
Annie E. Mosely; was grad. Harvard Univ., 1879; 2 ch.
vii David, b. 4 May, 1814; d. 8 Feb., 1895; m. 4 May, 1847, Sophia,
dau. of Nathaniel Keniston of Gardner, Me.; b. 11 July, 1821;
d. 16 March, 1872; he kept a hotel in FitzwiUiam, and moved
to Weston, Mass., 1866, where engaged in farming. Ch.:
1 Infant, b. 28 Feb., 1848; d. 29 Feb., 1848.
2 Frank D., b. 24 April, 1849; m. 28 April, 1890, Sarah E. Cox
of Gardner, Me., b. 30 May, 1848; res. s. p., Gardner.
3 Hattie 8., b. 23 Jan., 1852; res. unm., Weston.
4 George S., b. 14 Nov., 1855; d. s. p., 10 July, 1904; m. 9 Oct.,
1883, Charlotte Johnson.
5 Henry W., b. 15 July, 1857; m. 5 June, 1890, Mary Eloise,
dau. of John H. Drew of Farmingdale, Me.; b. 7 Oct., 1861;
res. Sharon, Mass.; 4 ch.
viii Sarah, b. 16 July, 1816; d. unm., 23 March, 1903.
ix Charles, b. 22 Nov., 1818; d. 23 Feb., 1901; m. 31 March, 1847,
Maria, dau. of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis of Swanzey,
N. H.; b. 24 Jan., 1826; d. 2 Sept., 1903; res., a farmer, in
Fitzvi'illiam. Ch.:
1 Calvin Brigham^, b. 27 Jan., 1848; m. in FitzwiUiam, 10 Nov.,
1870, Julia E., dau. of Abner and Elizabeth (Bailey) Gage of
Fitzwilliam; b. 27 Nov., 1846; he res. Keene, N. H., where in
the granite, R. E. and Ins. business. Ch.: i William Fisher";
ii Walter Gage.
2 Charles William, b. 3 March, 1855; killed instantly 22 Oct^
1879, by the kick of a horse.
SIXTH GENERATION 239
242 LEVI% son of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha (Hardy) Brig-
ham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 29 Dec, 1779; died in Boston,
Mass., 20 Oct., 1826; married 6 Feb., 1821, Nancy H. Ayer, of
Concord, N. H.; born 22 Sept., 1793; died 9 June, 1835.
He was an architect, and assisted in building the New Hamp-
shire State House and also the Quincy Market, in Boston. He is
interred xmder Saint Paul's Church, Tremont Street, Boston.
Children, born in Concord, N. H.:
i Levi% b, 3 May, 1822; d. 1 Oct., 1843; grad. from Dartmouth
CoUege in 1843; was a private tutor at Port Tobacco, Md., where
hed.
li Susan Ann, b. 25 June, 1825; d. in Concord, 10 May, 1863; m. 27
Sept., 1849, Col. John H. George of Concord, b. 20 Nov., 1824; d. 6
Feb., 1888; a lawyer of Concord. Ch. (George):
1 Mary H.\ b. 23 July, 1850; d. 2 June, 1858.
2 Jennie P., b. 22 Feb., 1852; m. 1 Oct., 1873, Henry E. Bacon
of Portland, Me. Ch. (Bacon) : i George U.°, b. 21 June, 1874;
ii John H., b. 6 Nov., 1875; ill Elbridge, b. 28 Oct., 1878;
iv Mary R., b. 25 Sept., 1888; v Henry E., b. 4 Oct., 1891.
3 Sidney W., b. 15 Oct., 1853; d. 17 March, 1857.
4 John P., b. 21 Jan., 1856; a lawyer.
5 Aim Brigham, b. 10 March, 1858; res. unm., in Concord.
6 Charles P., b. 8 March, 1860; m. 1883 in Washington, D. C,
Jennie P. Grayham; Capt. in the 16th U. S. Infantry, stationed
in Atlanta, Ga. Ch.: i John "W.°; ii Charles P.; iii John H.;
iv Charlotte; v Elizabeth; vi Virginia.
7 Benjamin P., b. 6 March, 1862; m. 13 June, 1895, in Chicago,
lU., Lydia C. Harland. Ch.: Katherine», b. 13 Nov., 1899.
243 TABITHA", daughter of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha
(Hardy) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 30 Sept., 1780;
died in Fitzwilliam, 11 Oct., 1805; married, (second wife) 15 Jan.,
1801, Capt. Aaron, son of Nathaniel Wright, of Sterling, Mass.,
born 9 Dec, 1766; died in Winchester, N. H., 26 Nov., 1866; he
married (1) Lucy Bigelow, of Princeton, Mass., who died 1799;
they had children; he married (3) Polly Blanding, widow of Seth
Xendall of Athol. He was a farmer.
Children (Wright), horn in Fitzwilliam,:
i Mary Ann% b. 18 Oct., 1801; d. 28 Sept., 1805.
ii Tabitha Sophronia, b. 2^ Oct., 1803; d. 2 Oct., 1805.
iii Tabitha, b. 30 Oct., 1805; d. in F., 14 June, 1891; m. 6 June,
1827, Henry H., son of Asa Wheeler; a farmer, and town treas-
urer; b. in Sudbury, Mass., 18 Oct., 1805. Ch. (Wheeler), b. in
Fitzwilliam :
1 Lyman K.^, b. 1 May, 1828; d. 17 Oct., 1904, unm.; 3 years
in the Civil War.
2 William H., b. 13 Sept., 1830; res. a druggist in Springfield,
Vt; m. 16 Sept., 1856, Harriet R., dau. of Asa Brewer of Fitz-
william; b. 3 June, 1835; 5 ch.
240 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
3 Mary W., b. 17 Aug., 1832; d. unm.; res. Troy, N. H.
4 Edmund, b. 30 July, 1835; m. 15 Jan., 1853, Carrie A. Allen
of New Fane, Vt.; architect in Springfield, Mass.; s. p.
5 Maria, b. 1 March, 1840; d. unm.
6 Charles W., b. 25 Dec, 1845; d. unm.; res. Troy, N. H.
7 Clarence H., b. 24 Aug., 1847; d. 7 Sept., 1881, unm.
244 ANNA®, daughter of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha (Hardy)
Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 26 April, 1782; died 1 April,
I860; married 26 Sept., 1804, Capt. Timothy, son of Samuel and
Betsey (Wetherbee) Kendall; born in Fitzwilliam, 25 Aug., 1782;
died there 14 Feb., 1851; his grandfather was one of the first
settlers of the town. They resided for a time in Troy, N. H.
Children (Kendall), the 4 elder b. in Fitz., the others in Troy:
i Lyman% b. 9 July, 1805; d. 5 May, 1828.
ii Caroline, b. 22 June, 1807; d. 11 Nov., 1812.
iii Clarissa, b. 29 Sept., 1809; d. 15 March, 1812.
iv Timothy B., b. 14 Dec, 1811; d. 24 Oct., 1812.
V Timothy, b. 9 Oct., 1813; d. 16 Dec, 1855; m. 10 May, 1839,
Catherine, dau. of Stephen Wheeler of Troy, N. H.; b. 21 June,
1819; d. 7 March, 1896. Ch.:
1 Charles W.\ b. 14 Aug., 1842.
2 Lucy A., b. 17 Jan., 1844; d. 8 or 11 Jan., 1899; m. 2 Nov.,
1869, Jefferson Cary of Caribou, Me., b. 4 Sept., 1841 ; 1 ch.
vi Caroline, b. 30 Jan., 1816; d. 24 Aug., 1836.
vii Parkman, b. 13 Sept., 1818 ; d. 24 March, 1850, unm.
viii Charles, b. 10 Jan., 1821; d. 9 Feb., 1837.
ix George, b. 24 Oct., 1824; d. 14 Sept., 1854.
245 MINDWELL% daughter of Lieut. Levi^ and Tabitha
(Hardy) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 11 April, 1785;
died in Craftsbury, Vt., 17 May, 1863; married in 1805, Elijah,
son of Barakiah Scott; born 21 April, 1781; died in C, 11 Oct.,
1840. They removed to Craftsbury in 1810.
Children (Scott), the first 3 born in Fitzwilliam, the others in Craftsbury :
i Levi', b. 23 Oct., 1805.
ii Sabin, b. 16 Sept., 1807; d. 31 May, 1902; m. in Craftsbury, 29
April, 1830, Sarah Towle of C, b. 28 Oct., 1812; d. 28 March,
1895. Ch., all but the youngest b. in C:
1 Thaddeus^ b. 28 Aug., 1831; d. 11 Oct., 1871; was a R. R.
man and lived in O.
2 Francis, b. 6 Sept., 1833; a R. R. man, res. Alabama.
3 Orell, b. 10 Nov., 1836; d. 13 Oct., 1872; a merchant in
Alabama.
4 Sarah, b. 4 Oct., 1842; res. Eden Mills, Vt.; a farmer.
5 Elizabeth, b. in Lowell, Mass., 14 Sept., 1847; res. Eden Mills,
a farmer.
iii Amasa, b. 19 Sept., 1809.
Iv Mary Ann, b. 19 Aug., 1811.
V Susan, b. 15 July, 1813; d. 29 April, 1819.
vi Caroline, b. 15 Aug., 1815.
SIXTH GENERATION 241
vii William, b. 19 Aug., 1817.
viii Catherine, b. 28 Aug., 1819; m. Brown. Ch.:
1 /. C.% res. Boston.
ix Laura, b. 2 Aug., 1821.
X Benjamin, b. 2 Aug., 1824.
246 SUSANNA^ daughter of Lieut. LevP and Tabitha
(Hardy) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 30 April, 1790;
died 10 Feb., 1870, (or 1871); married 12 Aug., 1813, Ebenezer
Potter, Jr., born 18 May., 1793, (or 1792); died 1 May, 1875.
Children {Potter), born in Fitzwilliam:
i Sarah Harris% b. 30 Dec, 1814, or 1812; d. 30 Jan., 1843, or 1841;
m. 8 Feb., 1837, Joseph A., son of John Warren of Grafton,
Mass., b. 17 June, 1815; d. 24 June, 1903. Ch. (Warren):
1 Maria S.% b. 7 March, 1838; m. Henry Rogers Hayden of
Seneca FaUs, N. Y., b. Nov., 1836; d. March, 1899; 10 ch.
2 John E., b. 6 Oct., 1840; m. ^.
3 Sarah H., b. 10 Jan., 1843; d. 9 April, 1864.
ii Levi Brigham, b. 15 Dec, 1815, or 1814; d. 24 Feb., 1883; m.
1 Sept., 1841, Hitty, dau. of John Wenzel of Framingham, Mass.;
b. 1820; d. 1864; he was a farmer and moved to Wisconsin in
1839, and settled 7 miles from Milwaukee, on a farm now occupied
by his son Milton, the place now called Wanwatosa. Ch., b. in
W^anwatosa, except the 3d.:
1 Lucilla T.\ b. 28 July, 1842; d. 20 Aug., 1842.
2 Milton B., b. 6 July, 1845; m. 2 Aug., 1876, Sarah J. Church
of Whitewater, Wis.; ch.: Charles M.; John C; Alice H.;
Marion E.
3 Henry B., b. in Fitz., 12 Jan., 1847; res. unm., Cooke, Montana.
4 Susan H., b. 18 Nov., 1849; m. 20 Feb., 1873, Maltby J. De
Graff of Wanwatosa; 5 ch.
5 Eliza G., b. 27 Jan., 1853; d. 31 Dec, 1867.
6 Levi P., b. 27 March, 1855; m. Nov., 1882, Martha J. Wood;
a banker, res. s. p., Harlan, la.
7 Mary H., b. 16 Nov., 1858; d. 1 April, 1902; m. 15 June,
1881, Chas. L. Church of Whitewater; 1 ch.
8 Charles W., b. 17 Jan., 1861; d. 5 April, 1861.
iii Lydia Relief, b. March, 1818; d. 17 May, 1818.
iv Rufus Baxter, b. 18 or 21 May, 1819; m. Mary, dau. of Moses
Eames of Upton, Mass.; res. Fitchburg, Mass. Ch.:
1 Julia A.^, b. 5 June, 1842; m. 14 May, 1861, Leander Rich-
ardson of Royalston, Mass., who d. 1890; res. Fitchburg; 4 ch.
2 Sarah.
3 Delia M., b. 13 Aug., 1850; m. 8 Nov., 1871, E. S. Fairbanks
of Jaffrey, N. H.; 5 ch.
4 Mary E., b. 24 July, 1853; m. 21 March, 1872, Peter Russell
of Randolph, Vt. ; 4 ch.
5 Susie N., b. 30 April, 1858; m. 25 Oct., 1876, William Pulsifer
of Rockingham, Vt., b. 2 April, 1855; 2 ch.
V Tabitha Hardy, b. 13 Dec, 1821 ; m. 19 Jan., 1848, Edwin Burn-
ham Carpenter of Brattleboro, Vt., b. 13 June, 1819; d. 3 Sept.,
1891; she res. in Mendota, 111. Ch. (Carpenter), the 4 elder b.
in Brattleboro, the others in La Moille, 111.:
242 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Charles E?, b. 16 May, 1849; d, 23 March, 1850,
2 Edwin p., b. 28 Jan., 1851 ; mfr. in London, Eng.
3 Hattie G., b. 18 Aug., 1852; m. 30 Sept., 1873, George S^
son of Rev. Nathan Denison of Mendota; 5 ch.
4 Lena M., b. and d. 1855.
5 Minnie M., b. 4 July, 1859; d. 10 March, 1860.
6 Alice E., b. 20 Jan., 1861; d. 23 Aug., 1864.
7 Arthur E., b. 20 Jan., 1861; m. (1) 26 June, 1884, Kezia
R. Inglis of Mendota, b. 25 May, 1852; d. 7 June, 1901; m.
(2) Helen Hendry, b. 27 Oct., 1869; 3 ch.
vi Hervey Gilbert, b. 18 July, 1823, or 1824; m. Mrs. Mary Wilder
Aldrich; killed, s. p., in Mendota, 1866; res. Grafton, Mass.
vii Lucy Ann, b. 4 Nov., 1826; d. 28 April, 1904; m. 4 Oct., 1843,
Lewis, son of Lawson Moore of Framingham, Mass.; b. 1814;
killed in the battle of the Wilderness, 6 May, 1864. Ch. (Moore) :
1 Sarah E?, b. 20 Jan., 1845; m. Charles A. Gleason of Worces-
ter, 9 Nov., 1871; res. Boston; 1 ch.
2 Etta A., b. 16 Sept., 1849; m. 3 March, 1886; Lucius H.
Wells of Belchertown, Mass., who d. 30 March, 1905; proprietor
of Wells Chem. Bronze Wks.
3 Charles E., b. 25 Sept., 1852; went West in 1875; probably
died.
4 John, b. 27 March, 1855; d. 13 Aug., 1855.
viii John Q. Adams, b. 4 April, 1830; m. Nancy Bradish; d. 1 July,
1850, s. p.
247 MAJOR ELIJAH% son of Hon. Elijah^ and Anna Sophia
(Parkman) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 21 April, 1783;
died 22 Jan., 1847; married (1) March, 1806, Nancy, daughter
of Col. Nathan Fisher; she died 13 Jan., 1807, se. 25; married (2)
13 April, 1808, Mary Bush of Boylston, Mass., who died in West-
boro, 23 Sept., 1867, ae. 85.
Children {by first wife), born in Westboro:
521 i Elijah Parkman', b. 13 Jan., 1807.
Children (by second icife), born in Westboro:
ii Mary Sophia, b. 25 Nov., 1809; d. unm., 2 Dec, 1886.
iii Theodore Henry, b. 15 Nov., 1814; d. ibid.
iv Theodore Frederick, b. Dec, 1815; d. probably s. p., 18 July,
1878; m. Sept., 1841, Caroline M. Fay of Westboro, b. 1816; d. 5
Jan., 1889.
248 ANN MARIA«, daughter of Hon. Elijah^ and Sarah
(Ward) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 14 July, 1794; died
there, 14 Dec., 1880; married, 12 Oct., 1818, Ebenezer Morgan,
son of Dr. Ebenezer Humphrey Phillips, born in Charlton, Mass.,
19 Feb., 1792. He was, for 30 years, agent of the Boston and Wor-
cester R. R. at Westboro, where he resided, and there died, 1 May,
1880.
Children {Phillips), born in Westboro:
i Elijah Brigham', b. 20 Aug., 1819; d. in Brookline, Mass., 12
Sept., 1905; m. 2 Feb., 1845, Maria R., dau. of Henry Ayling
of Roxburv, Mass. He was Master of Transportation for Boston
^ H.Rifch li
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& Worcester Ry.; first Supt. of Cleveland & Toledo Ry., 1852-58;
Supt. Boston & Worcester Ry., 1858-65; Prest. Mich. So. & No.
Indiana Ry., 1865-70; first Prest. Lake Shore & Mich. So. Ry.,
1870-71; Prest. Phillips & Colby Construction Co., which built
Wis. Cen. Ry.; he managed the latter 1871-78; Receiver of
GrayviUe & Mattoon Ry. (Ill), 1878; Prest. Eastern Ry. (Mass.),
1879-83; Prest. Fitchburg Ry., 1884-89. Ch., the eldest and
youngest born in Boston:
1 Henry A.^, b. 19 Aug., 1852; m. 4 Oct., 1888, Florence Eliza-
beth, dau. of Col. Asa H. Waters of Millbury, Mass.; S. B.,
M. I. T., 1873; an architect in Boston.
2 Anva M., b. in Cleveland, O., 21 Dec, 1856; m. 2 Feb., 1885,
Cyrus A. Page, editor of the Beacon, Boston, b. 9 June, 1845;
d. 10 May, 1898. Ch. (Page): i Phillips Ward'; ii Dorothy.
3 Walter B., b. 2 April, 1864; m. 2 Oct., 1890, Gertrude Eleanor,
dau. of Jacob E. Spring of Danvers, Mass.; A. B., Harvard
Univ., 1886; a stockbroker in Boston. Ch.: Eleanor", Maud
Brigham, Roger Spring.
ii Harriet Maria, b. 8 Aug., 1824; m. 2 April, 1850, Rev. Edward
Clark of Reading, Mass.; was grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1844;
Andover Theol. Sem., 1847; Chaplain Mass. Senate, 1862-64;
Overseer Harvard Univ., 1862-64; Chaplain 47th Mass. Regt.,
1863. They adopted a son who became the Rev. Francis Edward
Clark, the founder of the " Christian Endeavor " societies ; was
grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1873; Andover Sem., 1876.
249 NATHANIEL^ son of Winslow' and Alice (Gushing)
Brigham^ born in Northboro, Mass., 7 Oct., 1785; died there, 17
Sept., 1870; married, 22 April, 1812, Dolly, daughter of Silas* and
Catherine (Newton) Ball of Southboro, Mass.; born, II April,
1786; died, 28 March, 1882. Nathaniel was a soldier of the War
of 1812, and was Corp. in Capt. Pierpont Brigham's Co. of Mass.
Militia. Served 10 Sept., 1814 to 1 Nov., 1814. He was drafted
from Westboro and served in South Boston. His wife received a
pension from 1 July, 1878, until her death.
Children, born in Northboro:
522 i Susan Augusta^ b. 5 Jan., 1813.
623 ii Dolly Ann, b. 28 Feb., 1814.
524 iii Elijah Winslow, b. 18 July, 1816.
525 iv Catherine Ball, b. 8 Sept., 1818.
V Harriet Cushing, b. 25 March, 1820; d. unm., in Northboro, 5
Dec, 1873.
vi Nancy Maria, b. 16 Sept., 1821; d. unm., in Boston, 16 April,
1874.
vii Mary Prentice, b. 19 Feb., 1823; res. unm., in Northboro.
* Silas^ Ball, son of Jonas' and Ball of Marlboro; b. 1752; m. 1781; d.
1786. Jonas' Ball, son of Peter and Abigail (Dix) Ball of Watertown and Sudbury;
b. 1736; d. 1807. Peter" Ball, son of Joseph* and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Ball of
Watertown; b. 1707; m. 1732. Joseph* Ball, son of John^ and Sarah (Bullard) Ball
of Watertown; b. 1674. John^ Ball, son of John- and Elizabeth Ball of
Concord; b. 1644; m. 1665; d. 1722. John^ Ball, son of John^ Ball of Watertown
and Concord; m. 1665; killed by Indians in Lancaster, 1675. John^ Ball came from
Wiltshire, Eng. Was made a Freeman in 1650; lived in Watertown and Concord
and d. 1655.
244, THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
viu Nathaniel WaUey, b. 12 Oct., 1824; d. 21 Sept., 1825.
ix Josiah Quincy, b, 18 June, 1826; d. unm., 18 Aug., 1868; he res.
at the American House, in Boston.
X Nathaniel Sumner, b. 28 Feb., 1829; m. (1) March, 1852, Sarah
Louisa Thompson, b. 20 Dec, 1832, in Leominster, Mass.; d.
s. p., in Northboro, 29 June, 1879; m. (2) 1 Nov., 1881, Annis
T., widow of Willard Jones of Worcester; res. Worcester, s. p.
250 ALICES daughter of Winslow^ and Alice (Gushing) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., 11 March, 1787; died in Milford,
N. H., 19 Aug., 1862; married 22 April, 1812, Seth, son of Dea.
Seth and Sarah (Brigham) Rice (86); born in Northboro, 25
March, 1788. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Rice made a journey
to Canada and was never heard from again.
Child (Bice), born in Northboro:
i Lucy Brigham", b. 21 April, 1813; d. in Milford, N. H., 8 July,
1900; m. 24 Sept., 1837, Thomas Treadwell Famsworth of Groton.
Ch. (Farnsworth), b. in Groton:
1 Lydia A.^, m. Charles P. Whitney; s. p.
2 Lucy J., m. Lauren J. Blanpied; s. p.
3 Thomas H., d. unm., ae. 50,
4 George E., d. unm., ae. 22.
5 Oeorgianna M., d. y.
6 Alice M., d. unm., ae. 44.
7 Fred W., b. 8 Nov., 1854; m. Emlie M. Herschler of Red
Wing, Minn.; res. Milford, N. H. Ch.: i Hazel A.*; ii Emlie
B.; iii Harold T.; iv Kenneth A.; v Winston H.
251 JOSIAH% son of Winslow^ and Alice (Gushing) Brig-
ham, born in Northboro, Mass., 1 Sept., 1788; died in Quincy,
Mass., 24 July, 1867; married 23 Nov., 1814, Elizabeth, only
daughter of John Fisk of Northboro, born there, 18 Oct., 1791;
died 10 Feb., 1866. Her mother was the daughter of the Rev.
Abner Ballou, a Baptist clergyman.
In April, 1811, Josiah went to Quincy to teach school and re-
mained there until his death. In 1814 he went into business there,
and continued in it for over 40 years. He was connected with
several organizations and institutions as trustee, director and treas-
urer, and was president of the Quincy Savings Bank and the
Quincy Stone Bank; was chairman of the school committee, town
clerk, assessor and a Justice of the Peace. His military career
began in 1814 and he was with the Quincy Light Infantry under
command of Gapt. Thomas Tirrell in its service in Boston in the
War of 1812. After filling every subordinate place in the com-
pany he was elected in 1823, its commander. In 1826 he was
chosen a Lieut. Gol. in the Militia, but declined.
Children, born in Quincy:
i Abigail Fisk% b. 30 Dec, 1816; d. 1 July, 1885; m. 10 Nov.,
1842, James A. Stetson, M. D., of Quincy. Ch. (Stetson) :
SIXTH GENERATION 246
1 Josiah Brigham?, b. 23 Julj, 1843; d. 1895; m. Katie I. Lane.
2 Elizabeth Fisk, b. 20 Dec, 1845; d. 17 July, 1849.
3 James H., b. 23 March, 1851 ; m. 1883, Clara M. Bayles of
Camden, Me.; res. s. p., Quincy.
4 Abigail.
ii Elizabeth Ann, b. 2 April, 1820; m. 4 Nov., 1840, Charles F.
Baxter, who was of the old firm of W. & S. Phipps & Co., Boston.
Ch. (Baxter):
1 Elizabeth F.\ b. 27 Oct., 1841.
2 Charles Fuller, b. 20 July, 1843; res. Dorchester.
3 Langdon, b. 29 July, 1849.
252 LUCY CUSHING^ daughter of Winslow^ and Alice
(Gushing) Brigham; born in Northboro^ Mass., 27 Sept., 1789;
died in Blackstone, R. I., 21 Dec., 1861 ; married (1) 24 Nov., 1813,
Jesse Wood Morse of Marlboro, Mass., 1785; died 7 May, 1832;
married (2) 1838, Nathan White of Spencer, Mass.
Children (Morse), born in Marlboro:
i Jesse^ d. y.
li Stephen H., b. 10 Oct., 1821; d. 1902; m. in 1838, Lucinda Davis.
Ch.:
1 Burrill W.^ b. 1843.
2 Winslow B., b. 1845.
3 James B., b. 1847.
4 Jessie C, b. 1856.
iii Winslow Brigham, b. 15 Nov., 1823; d. 18 Aug., 1893; m. (1)
31 March, 1847, in Northboro, Susan C. Carter, who d. 1855; m.
(2) I May, 1856, Eugenia S. Carter, b. 23 June, 1838. Ch., b.
in Berlin, Mass.:
1 Susie Caroline^ b. 31 Aug., 1859; m. 1 May, 1883, Daniel H.
Bassett, who d. 19 Jan., 1886; res. Berlin. Ch. (Bassett):
i Eugenia L.»; ii Fred E.
2 Lucy Sarah, b. 21 Dec, 1862; d. Aug., 1866.
3 Fred Winslow, b. 6 Dec, 1866; a professor of chemistry in
Durham, N. H.
4 Jen7iie Eugenia, b. 9 June, 1869; m. Philip G. Hilliard of
Northboro.
5 Sybil Eliza, b. 6 Sept., 1872; d. May, 1874.
iv Emery C, b. 25 April, 1826; d. 14 Feb., 1885; m. 7 July, 1847,
Mary's. Spoiford. Ch.:
1 Mary A.\ b. 1859.
2 d. y.
3 d. y.
253 MICHAEL®, son of Jonas^ and Hannah (Draper) Brig-
ham; born in North Brookfield, Mass., 2 March, 1772; died there,
Aug. 1802; married 21 Sept., 1796, Polly, daughter of John and
Rachel (Crosby) Tyler of Brookfield; born there, 10 July, 1776;
she married (2) 17 April, 1805, William Bowdoin of Ware, Mass.,
and she died there, 19 July, 1833. Michael was a farmer and
resided in North Brookfield.
246 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children, born in N. Brookfield:
i John Ty]er% b. 1795; d. unm., 1849; a merchant in New York.
526 ii Anna Allen, b. 9 Dec, 1797.
527 iii Loring W., b. 30 Oct., 1799.
iv Crosby, b. 1802; d. 25 Sept., 1803.
254 ELI^, son of Jonas^ and Hannah (Draper) Brigham; born
in North Brookfield, Mass., 14 Dec., 1774; died in Bakersfield,
Vt., 7 April, 1848; married (1) 3 Feb., 1803, Mary Harrington,
who died 22 Feb., 1822, ae. 46; married (2) Mercy Taylor, who
died 13 Aug., 1872. He resided in Bakersfield.
Children (by first wife), born in Bakersfield:
528 1 Samuel Sumner^ b. 30 Oct., 1803.
ii Jonas Draper, b. Jan., 1805; d. 29 March, 1822.
529 iii Sophia, b. 29 Sept., 1806.
530 iv Eli Whitney, b. Jan., 1809.
V Mary, b. 26 Feb., 1812; d. in Chesterfield, N. Y., 25 March, 1873;
m. 5 Oct., 1845, Nathan Hurd Winter of Chesterfield, where they
res. Ch., b. there:
1 Fannie M.\ b. 2 Oct., 1847; d. 11 Oct., 1893; m. 1867, Abram
R. Bragg of Chesterfield. Ch. (Bragg): i Sumner A.», m.,
1 ch. ; ii and iii d. y. ; iv Hollis R.
2 Whitney Brigham, b. 17 March, 1853; m. 1878, Addie A.
Moore; res. Keesville. Ch.: i George H.*; ii Mary E.
531 vi Hubbard, b. 28 June, 1815.
vii Lucy, b. June, 1821 ; d. 31 March, 1822.
Child (by second wife):
viii Hollis, b. 2 June, 1825; d. s. p., in Bakersfield, 21 Aug., 1898;
m. 12 May, 1870, Marion A. Brown of Bakersfield.
255 JONAS^ son of Capt. Jonas^ and Hannah (Draper)
Brigham; born in No. Brookfield, Mass., 14 March, 1782; died in
Bakersfield, Vt., 1 Jan., 1841; married Eunice Billings, who was
born 13 Aug., 1780; died 2 Sept., 1841. He was a farmer and resided
in Bakersfield. The History of Vermont contains interesting tales
of the hardships of the settlers of this town, of whom Jonas was one.
It took an entire week to go to mill and back again with their grain.
Children, born in Bakersfield:
i Malinda^ b. 15 April, 1806; d. 6 Aug., 1891; m. Metcalf Ayres,
a farmer; res. Bakersfield. Ch. (Ayres):
1 Curtis^, who d. in the West.
2 Matilda, m. Horace Farwell. Ch. (Farwell): i Emma A.%
m. May, 1878, Eli Jones; 2 ch.; ii Harriet A.; m. 7 Jan., 1880,
Joseph W. Ryder; 4 ch.
532 ii Holloway Taylor, b. 4 Nov., 1807.
533 iii Erastus Oakley, b. 11 Nov., 1809.
iv Eunice, b. 8 Nov., 1811; d. 28 Feb., 1871; m. Ephraim Perkins;
res. Enosburg, Vt. Ch. (Perkins):
1 Francis R.^, b. Oct., 1834; d. 5 Dec, 1897; m. Elvira Ander-
son. Ch.: i Myra E.", b. 22 June, 1858; d. 19 Aug., 1904; ii
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Waldo B., b. 10 April, 1868; d. 22 Sept., 1868; lii George
E., b. 24 Jan., 1871; d. 30 March, 1872; iv Homer B., b. 13
Nov., 1879; d. 22 Oct., 1901; his widow is living in 1907.
V Annah D., b. 18 April, 1814; d. unm., 17 April, 1894, in Bakers-
field,
vi Lovina, b. 7 June, 1816; d. s. p., 27 July, 1870; m. Horace
Felcher.
vii Emily, b. 4 Oct., 1818; d. in Bakersfield, 16 Dec, 1883; m. 1844,
Dea. James A. Perkins, a farmer of Bakersfield, who d. in 1889,
ae. 82; he was deacon for 26 years. Ch. (Perkins):
1 Manlius B.^ b. 8 March, 1850; d. 31 May, 1893; m. 1 Jan.,
1877, Laura G. Bradford. Ch.: i Harry B.% b. 17 March,
1879; was grad. M. D., Univ. of Vt, 1903; on staflF of Fletcher
Hospital, Burlington, Vt.; ii Harley M., b. 28 April, 1883;
a magazine correspondent and illustrator.
2 Emma Cornelia, b. 1861; m. John W. Giddings; res. Cam-
bridge June, Vt.
viii Jonas Michael, b. 23 Feb., 1821; d. ; m. Martha E.
Church, who d. 1 March, 1871, ae. 35 yrs., 9 mos. Ch.:
1 Oscar Erastus^ b. 1 Sept., 1855; m. 15 May, 1892, Sarah J.,
dau. of Wm. E. and Sarah (Reed) Neptune. Ch.: Helen
ChurchS b. 16 Aug., 1894.
2 Fred, b. 1 March, 1865; d. ae. 4 mos.
3 Clara E., b. 5 March, 1868; d. 12 Aug., 1870,
534 ix Moses B., b. 18 Sept., 1823.
535 X Jewett B., b. -25 Aug., 1826.
256 DR. LUTHER^ son of Jonas^ and Hannah (Draper)
Brigham; born in North Brookfield, Mass., 15 May, 1785; died
in Ware, Mass., 28 Aug., 1856; married (1) Eunice Hawley of
Arlington, Vt., born 11 Jan., 1794; died in North Brookfield, 8
April, 1824; married (2) Betsey Ayers, born in North Brookfield,
7 Oct., 1800; died in Chicopee, Mass., 23 Oct., 1841; married (3)
Olivia L. Hadley, who died in Nashua, N. H., 5 Nov., 1850.
Dr. Brigham was a graduate of the Philadelphia Medical Col-
lege and was a practicing physician in good standing, residing at
different times in Ware, Lowell and Chicopee, Mass. He was a
man of liberal culture, a fine speaker and often delivered lectures
and other public addresses. He was a Whig in politics, and at-
tended the Congregational church.
Children {by first wife) :
i Lucretia M.', b. 26 Oct., 1811; res. and d. in St. Albans, Vt.;
m. Jason Lobdell. Ch. (Lobdell) :
1 May^, who m. George Blanchard, and d.
ii Jonas 'C, b. 27 July, 1813; d. in Detroit, Mich., ^5 Jan., 1842.
536 iii Lemuel Hawley, b. 17 Aug., 1816.
iv Martha Eliza, b. 27 July, 1818; m. John Warren Brigham, son
of 327.
V Hannah M., b. 21 Feb., 1821; m. Geo. Holt; res. Watertown,
Minn. Ch. (Holt):
1 Emma", m. Dr. Hiram Carson, and d.
3 Fred, res. unm., in Chicago.
248 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vi Eunice Jane, b. 9 April, 1823; d. 24 Jan., 1857, in Dickenson,
N. Y. ; m. Jason Lobdell, who also m. her sister Lucretia. Ch.
(Lobdell) :
1 Cassius^; 2 Henry; 3 Millie, m. and res. Minneapolis.
Children {by second loife), the Sth and 9th born in Ware, Mass.:
vii George Homer, b. in Nashua, N. H., 18 Aug., 1830; d. unm., in
Worcester, Mass., 22 May, 1857.
viii Elizabeth Ann, b. 16 Sept., 1831; m. 11 Jan., 1859, Hiram, son
of Alvan Fowler of Westfield, Mass., b. there, 6 Jan., 1831; d.
there, 3 Feb., 1891; he was a Civil Engineer. Ch. (Fowler), b,
in Westfield:
1 Alvan Luther^, b. 7 Oct., 1859; m. Annie T. Simonds; res.
New York City. Ch.; Alvan L.', b. 8 Dec, 1886.
2 Herbert Hiram, b. 12 July, 1863; d. 25 July, 1862.
3 Esther Brigham, b. 28 Jan., 1864; a missionary in India; she
was educated at Smith College.
4 Leiois Henry, b. 14 Oct., 1869 ; d. 9 Feb., 1876.
537 ix Luther Ayers, b. 7 Oct., 1832.
X Charlotte Rice, b. 27 Feb., 1834; d. in Ware, 8 June, 1835.
xi William Henry, b. 17 Oct., 1838; d. in Springfield, 3 Aug., 1839.
Child (by third wife), born in Nashua, N. H.:
xii Emma Frances, b. 28 April, 1847; m. 9 July, 1867, William Stod-
dard, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., 18 March, 1847. Ch. (Stoddard) :
1 Anna Louisa^, b. 8 April, 1870.
2 Luther J. B., b. 15 June, 1874.
3 Curtis Duncan, b. 22 Sept., 1881.
257 ASA^, son of Capt. Jonas'^ and Hannah (Draper) Brig-
ham, born in No. Brookfield, Mass., 1784; died in Bakersfield, Vt.,
11 April, 1854; married, Sallie Hardy, born 1788; died 13 Aug.,
1854. He resided in Bakersfield.
Children, born in Bakersfield:
i Amanda^ b. 1809; d. soon after m., s. p., 1834; m. Dr. Truman
Houghton of Bakersfield, b. 1807; d. 1879.
ii Lydia, b. 18 Dec, 1811; d. 4 Nov., 1889; m. Warren Houghton,
a bro. of Dr. H.; b. 26 June, 1810; d. 18 July, 1886. Ch.
(Houghton) :
1 MarshaW; 2 Amanda; 3 Lodoiska; 4 Jay; all probably de-
ceased,
iii Bradley, b. 1814; d. s. p., 16 Feb., 1892; m. DoUy Potter, b.
1823; d. 21 Feb., 1892; a merchant in Bakersfield.
iv Baxter, b. 1 Feb., 1816; d. 27 Sept., 1856, in Bakersfield; m.
17 Sept., 1846, Laura Maria, dau. of Truman Chase of Westford,
Vt., b. 24 Nov., 1822. She res. in Burlington, Vt. Ch.:
1 Dorr Baxter^, b. 27 Nov., 1847; d. 26 Sept., 1856.
2 Elva Maria, b. 9 May, 1850; m. 12 Oct., 1875, Chauncey W.
Brownell of Burlington, where res. Ch. (Brownell): i Carl
Brigham", b. 27 April, 1877; ii Elva Mabel, b. 11 Feb., 1879;
iii Chauncey Sherman, b. 23 Dec, 1880; iv Henry Chase, b.
1 Sept., 1887.
V Abigail, b. 1818; d. unm., in Hyde Park, Vt., 1894; res. Bakers-
field, where interred.
vi Sarah, b. 20 March, 1820; d. s. p., in Charlotte, Vt., 8 June, 1896;
m. John H. Sherman of Charlotte, b. 14 Dec, 1818; d. 15 AprU,
1888.
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vii Rebecca, b. 1822; d. s. p., 1886; m. Henderson Gallup of
Franklin, Vt., who d. before his wife,
viii Noah, b. 1825 ; d. 9 Aug., 1833.
ix Nahum, b. 9 May, 182T; d. unra., 1893, in Bakersfield.
538 X Waldo, b. 10 June, 1829.
' 258 CHENEY^ son of Capt. Jonas^ and Hannah (Draper)
Brigham; born in Bakersfield, Vt., 22 April, 1793; died there, 28
Jan., 1865; married 20 May, 1821, Elizabeth, daughter of Uriah
and Elizabeth (Fay) Brigham of Bakersfield, (147), born in
Marlboro, Mass., 8 Jan., 1794; died in Bakersfield, 12 April, 1853.
He was the first-born male in Bakersfield; was a farmer and always
lived there.
Children, born in Bakersfield:
i Augustus Kendall^ b. 31 Oct., 1821; d. in Bakersfield, 25 Nov.,
1870; m. 16 March, 1854, Maria Shaw Lathrop, b. 3 Aug., 1833;
d. 2 March, 1885; he was a farmer and res. in his native town.
Ch.:
1 Susie Augusta^, b. 5 June, 1871; m. 5 June, 1902, Bernard
Joseph Cogan, b. in Liverpool, Eng., 1 Nov., 1873; res. Chicago.
Ch. (Cogan): i Bernard Brigham*, b. 10 April, 1903; ii Eliza-
beth Genevieve, b. 2 Oct., 1904.
ii Elizabeth Fay, b. 20 Jan., 1824; res. unm., in Brookline, Mass.,
in 1906.
539 iii Robert Breck, b. 1 Nov., 1826.
259 EDWARD*', son of Edward^ and Sally (Miller) Brigham;
born in Westboro, Mass., 1782; died in St. Albans, Vt., where he
resided. Name of wife unknown.
Children, born in Vermont:
i Edward% b. 1813.
ii Daniel P., b. in Milton, 1814; name of wife unknown; res, a
painter, in Brookfield, Vt. Ch. :
1 Lucian^; 2 Emma; 3 Charles, (d.) ; 4 Alice, (d.).
iii Lucian V., b. 1817.
iv Phineas P., b. 1818.
540 V Leander D., b. in Milton, 16 Oct., 1820.
vi Lucian N., b. 1827.
vii Charles A., b. 1829.
260 OTIS% son of Barnabas^ and Eunice (Mandell) Brig-
ham; born in North Brookfield, jNIass., 2 July, 1795; died in Need-
ham, Mass., 6 Dec., 1862; married 11 April, 1830, Lucinda, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Hannah (Stowell) Pond; born in Dedham,
Mass., 31 Oct., 1806; died 20 Oct., 1890. He resided in Dedham
and Needham.
Children, the first 5 born in Dedham, the last 3 in Needham:
i Joseph Henry', b. 18 April, 1831; d. 14 Nov., 1899; m. 20 Nov.,
1862, Mary E. Hamilton; res. 1872, in Medfield, Mass.
ii Francis Otis, b. 8 Nov., 1832; res. Stoneham, Mass.; d. 1904.
250 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iii Horace Wait, b, 8 Oct., 1834; d. 8 March, 1835.
iv Hannah Lucinda, b. 24 April, 1836; m. 28 Feb., 1871, Eliakim
Holman Ross, b. 16 May, 1836. Ch. (Ross):
1 Henry A?, b. 9 Jan., 1872.
2 Jenny E., b. 5 Nov., 1874; d. 26 June, 1881.
V Horace Wait, b. 8 Oct., 1838; d. 17 May, 1862.
vi George Frederick, b. 11 Sept., 1840; d. in Stoneham, 20 Jan.,
1869; m. 24 Nov., 1863, Sarah Ellis Gerry,
vii Charles, b. 23 Oct., 1843; d. 25 April, 1881.
viii Nancy Jane, b. 22 Nov., 1845; d. 21 April, 1878; m. 30 June,
1870, Frank D. Blake.
261 BARNABAS^, son of Dr. DanieP and Anna (Munroe)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 14 April, 1786; died in Marl-
boro, Mass., 4 June, 1865; married (1) 20 April, 1824, Mary,
daughter of William Fife of Bolton, Mass., born 9 Nov., 1796;
died 4 Aug., 1839; married (2) Mary, daughter of Eber and
Sarah (Barnes) Rice, born in St. Albans, Vt., 6 Jan., 1802; died
in Marlboro, 5 Sept., 1882.
He resided with his father in Berlin and Marlboro, and held
town offices in Berlin and was constable there many years. In
Marlboro they resided on the farm on Brigham Street, described
under 541. He and his wives were members of the Unitarian
church.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
1 Abigail', b. 5 April, 1825; d. 4 June, 1883; m. 5 April, 1865,
William H. Howe, who d. 24 Feb., 1891. Ch. (Howe):
1 Edgar Brigham^ b. 23 April, 1866; d. 13 Aug., 1869.
2 Mary Eva, b. 16 Dec, 1868; res. unm., in Marlboro.
ii Mary Ann, b. 17 Oct., 1826; d. in Santa Barbara, Cal., ;
m. 1 May, 1849, Stephen G. Livermore, who d. in Cedar Rapids,
la. Ch. (Livermore) :
1 Ella M.\ b. 10 May, 1850; d. 17 Dec, 1855.
2 Harry E., b. and d. 1855.
3 Ida E., b. 27 Dec, 1862; m. and res. in Los Angeles, Cal.
4 Emma M., b. 10 July, 1864; res. Santa Barbara.
iii William Fife, b. 21 Sept., 1829; d. s. p., 18 July, 1863, of southern
fever; m. 21 June, 1853, Frances Davidson, who d. Oct., 1904.
He enlisted in the 45th Regt., Mass. Vols.
iv Mindwell, b. 2 June, 1832; d. 15 July, 1880; m. 21 May, 1861,
Lawson M. Gassett, who m. again and res. in Pa., and d. Ch.
(Gassett) :
1 Arthur L.^ h. 12 Jan., 1867, res. in the West.
2 Ella, b. July, 1869 ; d. 1869.
3 George, b. in Grafton, Mass., ; res. in the West.
541 V Addington Munroe, b. 27 March, 1837.
Child (by second wife), born in Marlboro:
vi Joseph Edward, b. 12 May, 1844; d. 19 June, 1905; m. 25 Jan.,
1875, Mary Whitney, dau. of John Loring, b. in Marlboro, 18
Aug., 1842. He dealt in timber and at one time kept a hotel.
Was in the Civil War, during the last year of the conflict, in Co.
H, 17th Regt., Mass. Vols. Ch.:
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1 Alice May^, b. in Marlboro, 24 Nov., 1876; a weU known
musician; played with great effect for the 7th Reunion of the
B. F. A.
262 DANIEL^ son of Dr. DanieP and Anna (Munroe) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., 27 Jan., 1788; died in Marlboro,
Mass., 29 Nov., 1841; married Sarah M. Barnard, in 1813; born
13 March, 1789; died June, 1870.
Children, born in Northboro:
542 i Charles Amory', b. 26 Sept., 1814.
ii Persis Baker, b. 7 Jan., 1816; d. unm., in 1898.
Hi Elizabeth B., b. 21 Oct., 1817; d. 23 Dec, 1835.
iv Edward F., b. 22 July, 1819; d. March, 1869; m. 22 May, 1855,
Martha A., dau. of Elisha Johnson; b. in Southboro, Mass.,
28 Feb., 1832; res. No. Brookfield, Mass. Ch.:
1 Lizzie M.^ b. 5 May, 1858; d. 9 Jan., 1877.
2 Hattie S., b. in No. B., 22 July, 1865; res. unm., in Water-
town, Mass.
V Sarah Ann, b. 2 April, 1821.
vi Hannah B., b. 13 June, 1823; d. 29 Oct., 1825.
vii Daniel L., b. 18 Oct., 1825; d. 6 Sept., 1827.
viii , perhaps one who d. in Framingham, 15 Sept., 1884,
ae. 59.
263 LOIS% daughter of Dr. DanieP and Anna (Munroe)
Brigham; born in Northboro, Mass., 14 April, 1793; died in West-
boro, Mass., 31 March, 1890; married 3 Maj^, 1815, Capt. The-
ophUus, son of Dr. Benjamin Nourse; born in Berlin, Mass., 9
April, 1787; removed to Westboro, where he died, 24 April, 1824.
Children (Nourse), born in Berlin:
i Benjamin Bailey'', b. 31 March, 1816; d. 24 Sept., 1900; m. 19
Oct., 1843, Mary E. Langley. He was a manufacturer of plant
trellises, etc.; an accurate surveyor and the best posted man on
town matters; held many oflBces; in 1875 appointed Spec. Jus-
tice of First Dist. Court, E. Mass.; res. in Westboro. Ch.:
1 Frank^; 2 Henry, both d. y; 3 Emma; 4 Walter B., architect
of Worcester; 3 ch.
ii Jane, b. 10 Aug., 1817; m. 15 Oct., 1838, Charles P. Rice of West-
boro. Ch. (Rice), b. in Westboro:
1 Charles Amory", b. 2Q April, 1840; m. (1) 6 April, 1866, Lizzie
B., dau. of O. P. Wakefield of Lyndon, Vt.; b. 15 Jan., 1837;
d. 6 July, 1873; m. (2) 18 Sept., 1876, Ella J., dau. of C. R.
Cleveland of Guilford, Vt.; b. Athol, Mass., 19 Dec, 1651;
2 ch.
2 Jennie M., b. 28 June, 1847; d. 6 May, 1904.
3 Louise S., b. 28 June, 1847; m. 28 Nov., 1878, James Alex-
ander Kelley, b. in Northboro, 9 June, 1835; res. Westboro,
s. p.
iii Catherine, b. 18 Jan., 1820; m. 8 May, 1844, Lyman G. Stephens
of Westboro and Marlboro. Ch. (Stephens):
1 Frederick 1F.^ of Newton; 2 George L.
iv Lois Brigham, b. 2 Sept., 1824; d. 22 June, 1851; m. 14 June,
1849, Henry W. Baldwin of Shrewsbury, Mass.; 1 ch., d, y.
252 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
264 ABRAHAM MUNROE% son of Dr. DanieP and Anna
(Munroe) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 25 March, 1796;
died in Westboro, Mass., 26 Oct., 1882, ae. 86; married, in 1822,
Mindwell, daughter of Winslow and Alice (Gushing) Brigham;
born in Northboro, 5 May, 1796; died 1 Jan., 1870. He was the
landlord of the American House, Boston, for many years.
Children, horn in Boston:
i Caroline Matilda', b. 1 Feb., 1823; d. 23 Feb., 1823.
543 ii Lydia Maria, b. 23 Nov., 1824.
iii Henry Lyman, b. 7 June, 1828; d. 24 Aug., 1847.
265 OTIS^, son of David^ and Lucy (Harrington) Brigham;
born in Westboro, Mass., 1788; died there 15 April, 1872; married
(1) l6 June, 1819j Abigail, daughter of Zealous Bates of Cohas-
set, Mass., and sister of Rev. Joshua Bates, D. D., President of
Middlebury, Vt., College; born 22 Jan., 1792; died 2 May, 1831;
married (2) Adeline, sister of his first wife, born 10 May, 1801;
died 2 Oct., 1866.
He was Captain in the war ofl812 and helped to raise troops
for the Civil War. A prosperous farmer, he yet found time to
devote to church and town aifairs with great energy and success.
For 40 years he was superintendent of the first Sunday-school
started in Westboro. Was selectman 1827-'28, 1830-'33, 1836-'43;
overseer of the poor and moderator of town meetings for many
years. Was Representative from Westboro in 1839 and 1840. In
1834 he began to collect the genealogy of the Brighams, and his
experience, like that of others who have followed him, was full of
hardship. After 14 years he had found most of the records col-
lected later by Morse. No encouragement to publish was given
him and he drew a chart of the branch to which he belonged and
sent the rest of the MSS. to various places where he hoped it might
be of use, but it was beyond recovery when Morse needed it. He
gathered annually at the old firesides in Westboro large companies
of Brighams.
Children {by -first wife), horn in Westhoro:
i Henrietta A.', b. 5 April, 1820; d in Westboro, 25 Jan., 1896;
m. 16 Feb., 1848, Samuel M., son of Dr. Samuel Griggs, b. in
Grafton, Vt., 10 Sept., 1822; d. in Westboro, 7 Nov., 1886; was
in business in Westboro; town clerk 31 years; representative
and state senator, and a leader in the church. Ch. (Griggs),
b. in Westboro:
1 Sarah Bancroft', b. 1 May, 1854; m. 17 May, 1883, Dr. Henry
S., son of Franklin H. and Sarah (Hood) Knight of Worcester,
Mass., b. there in 1853. Ch. (Knight): Roscoe Griggs', b. 16
Nov., 1886, in Amherst Coll, 1906, ^
544 ii George Otis, b. 9 Nov., 1821.
iii Sereno Leroy, b. 9 April, 1824'; d. unm., in the West, 8 Oct.,
1860; was injured by a fall.
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iv Ivers Jewett, b. 31 Oct., 1826; d. 11 Aug., 1847, unm.
545 V Joshua Bates, b. 28 Sept., 1828.
Children (by second wife), born in Westboro:
vi Abigail Adeline, b. 21 March, 1833; d. 18 Nov., 1899; m. 26
June, 1861, Orville K. Hutchinson; res. s. p., N. Y. City,
vli Lucy Harrington, b. 1 June, 1834; res. unm., in Westboro.
viii Ann Frances, b. 13 Dec, 1835; d. 9 Feb., 1843, of scarlet fever,
ix Mary Jane, b. 21 Nov., 1837; d. 9 Feb., 1843, of the same disease.
X Daniel Edward, b. 22 Dec, 1840; d. 30 Dec, 1840.
266 REV. DAVID*', son of David^ and Lucy (Harrington)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 2 Sept., 1794; died Bridge-
water, Mass., 18 April, 1888; married 1 March, 1819, Elizabeth
H. Durfee of Fall River, Mass.
Mr. Brigham studied two years at Brown University and finished
at Union College, where he was graduated, A. B., 1818. Studied
theology under the direction of Drs. Emmons and Ide of Medway,
Mass. He was pastor in East Randolph, Mass., (now Holbrook)^
1819-'36; in Framingham, Mass., 1837-'45; Bridgewater, Central
Square Church, 1845-'59. He retired from the ministry with im-
paired health and resided several years in Fall River. Was pastor
of a small church in Waquoit, a section of Falmouth, 1863-'69. In
1876 he attempted to fill the pulpit of the Second Church in Ply-
mouth, Mass., but a serious illness interrupted his labors. He
served 62 years in the ministry. He was a man of great energy
of purpose.
Children, the eldest, fourth, fifth and sixth, born in Fall River:
i Elizabeth Durfee% b. 1 May, 1821; m. 6 Nov., 1851, Valentine,
son of Christopher D. Copeland; res. Bridgewater, Mass. Ch.
(Copeland), b. in B.:
1 Lucy H. B?, m. F. Chapin Davis of Longmeadow, Mass.
2 Alice G., m. Herbert Pratt of Quincy, Mass.
3 Annie Gilbert, a physician, res. Bridgewater.
546 ii David Sewall, b. E. Randolph, Mass., 17 March, 1823.
iii Lucy Harrington, b. E. Randolph, 28 July, 1827; d. 17 Aug.,
1853.
547 iv Charles Durfee, b. 21 July, 1831.
V Thomas Russell, b. 7 Jan., 1834; m. in St. Louis, Mo., 7 Oct.,
1869, Delia H. Larrimore; res. in St. Louis. Ch.:
1 Samuel Edward^, b. 22 Aug., 1870; res. St. Louis.
2 Lucy Harrington, b. 8 Aug., 1872.
3 David William, b. 26 April, 1875 ; res. St. Louis.
4 Charles Sewall, b. 11 July, 1881; d. ibid.
5 Chester Russell, b. 26 Dec, 1892.
6 Thomas, an adopted son.
vi Martha Ann, b. 28 April, 1837; m. George August, son of Dea.
Daniel King. Ch. (King):
1 Mary B.^ m. Eugene H. Babbitt of New York City.
2 Alice W., m. Edgar G. Murphy of San Antonio, Texas.
3 Louise B.; 4 George G.
vli Mary Agnes, b. 21 Aug., 1839; d. 11 Aug., 1858.
254 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
267 HON. (DEA.) ELMER% son of David° and Lucy (Har-
rington) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 8 Sept., 1798; died in
Westboro, 3 March, 1871; married 14 May, 1823, Betsey Curwen,
daughter of Joel and Hannah (Bond) Parker; born in Westboro,
20 Jan., 1799; died 29 Nov., 1875.
Dea. Brigham was a distinguished citizen of Westboro, serving
the town in many ways, most ably. He engaged in farming. He
represented the town three terms in the General Court and was a
member of the State Senate and Governor's Council; held many
town offices and was on several important committees ; was treas-
urer of Westboro Reform School, and held the church office of
Deacon from 1848-'69.
Children, born in Westboro:
i Ellen Elizabeth', b. 3 March, 1824; d. s. p., 13 Sept., 1848; m.
12 JNIay, 1847, David W. Hill of Westminster, Mass.
548 ii Janette Hannah, b. 9 Jan., 1827.
549 iii Merrick Putnam, b. 9 March, 1829.
iv Anna Parker, b. 18 Sept., 1832; d. 26 Feb., 1870, s. p.; m. S
Feb., 1853, Charles A. Harrington, of Westboro.
V Sophia Augusta, b. 10 July, 1837; d. 17 April, 1842.
vi Susan Parker, b. 4 Jan., 1840; d. 14 Oct., 1863.
vii Charles Elmer, b. 14 March, 1842; d. 28 July, 1877, s. p.; m. 9
March, 1866, Ellen Davis,
viii Calvin Lloyd, b. 30 July, 1844; d. 11 June, 1902; m. (1) 11 Oct.,
1866, Mary Millicent, dau. of Josiah Brown; who d. 6 April, 1875;
m. (2) 29 June, 1876, Ethie J., dau. of James Burpee of Sterling,
Mass. Ch., by 1st wife:
1 Alice A., b. 10 May, 1868; res. in Marlboro, unm.
268 CAPT. HOLLOWAY% son of David^ and Lucy (Har-
rington) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 2 Sept., 1801; died
28 March, 1869; married, at Royalston, Mass., 31 Aug., 1823,
Frances, daughter of Jonathan Read (Preceptor of Academy at
Portland, Me.) ; born in Portland, 27 April, 1805; died, his widow,
in Boston, 1 Sept., 1882.
Capt. Brigham was named after his uncle. Rev. HoUoway Fish,
who adopted him. He resided in Marlboro, N. H., until 1830,
when he moved to Northboro, Mass., (some records say " West-
boro ").
Children, the 3 eldest born in Marlboro, N. H., the younger in North-
boro (or Westboro) :
i Jane Putnam^ b. 29 Aug., 1824; d. in Falmouth, Mass., 30 Sept.,
1887; m. 15 April, 1846, Hon. Austin Belknap of Westboro,
Mass.; res. in Somerville, Mass., where Mr. Belknap was mayor
in 1875; he d. in 1902. Ch. (Belknap):
1 Jennie M?, b. 1851 ; m. Roswell C. Downer. Ch. (Downer) :
i Cutler"; ii Helen.
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2 Frances B., b. 1857; d. 18T1.
3 Robert William, b. ; m. Dora Parkinson. Ch.
(Belknap): i Howard P.° ; ii Stearns E., who d. 1893.
ii Hannah Farrar, b. 20 March, 1827; d. 10 June, 1906; m. 15
April, 1847, Calvin, son of Calvin and Anna (Holbrook) French
of Holbrook, Mass.; b. 11 Oct., 1811; d. 20 Dec, 1884. Ch.
(French) :
1 George Bradford^ b. 28 July, 1853; m. 30 April, 1889, Abbie
F. Hollis, b. 5 July, 1860; she is in 8th gen., direct line from
Gov. Bradford. He is in business in Barristers Hall, Boston,
and res. s. p., Holbrook, ]Mass.
iii Maria E., b. 22 Sept., 1829; d. unm., 19 Jan., 1879.
iv Lyman M., b. 8 Feb., 1836; d. probably s. p., Aug., 1885; m.
22 Nov., 1864, Jennie Moody of AVaterbury, Vt. ; was a trader in
Essex June, Vt.
550 V Cyrus, b. 27 Dec, 1838.
vi Harriet Frances, b. 1 Jan., 1842; m. 1 Jan., 1870, William E.
Brj^ant; res. s. p., in Boston, Mass.
269 SYLVANUS% son of Alpheus^ and Lydia (Green) Brig-
ham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 10 Feb., 1771; died in Boylston,
N. Y. ; married Amy, daughter of William Cox, who died in Gali-
lee, Pa. He resided in Florida and Springfield, N. Y.
Children, the eldest and fourth born in Florida, N. Y.:
551 i Hiram Wright", b. 29 Dec, 1799.
ii Samantha.
533 iii Cynthia M., b. 26 April, 1807.
553 iv William C, b. 13 July, 1802.
554 V Philip P., b. in Springfield, N. Y., 5 Sept., 1810.
vi Orville, b. 7 May, 1813; m. Sept., 1847, Mrs. Sophia Houghton,
widow of Hiram R.; he d. s. p.
vii" Emeline B., b. 7 May, 1813; d. 11 Jan., 1889, s. p.; m. 2 Jan.,
1859, Calvin S. Marks.
555 viii Orrin A., b. in Boylston, X. Y., 4 May, 1820.
ix Jonathan.
X Amy d. y.
xi Alonzo, d. y.
270 ABEL*', son of Alpheus^ and Lydia (Green) Brigham;
born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 31 July, 1773; died in Rodman, N.
Y., 18 Oct., 1850; married, 1795, Phebe, daughter of Joseph
Wheeler, born in New Hampshire, 6 June, 1777; died in Rodman,
14 Nov., 1858. Was a teacher and merchant and resided in West-
moreland, Whitesboro, Watertown, and Rodman, N. Y.
Children, 3 eldest born in Neio Hampshire, others as indicated:
i Achsah^ a teacher, and d. unm., in Rodman, 14 Oct., 1849.
ii Lavantia, b. 1803; d. 18 Sept., 1870; m. Jan., 1830, Capt. John,
son of Tilly Richardson; b. in Mass., 1795; d. 30 March, 1870;
was a teacher; res. in Rodman. Ch. (Richardson):
1 Mary Eliza^, b. 5 Sept., 1834; m. 1867, Nathan Graham; res.
Lakeport, Cal.
2 John Jay, b. 24 Oct., 1836; res. Worthville, N. Y.
256 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iii Rebecca, m. 1835, William C. Johnson, b. in Walton, N. Y., 1804;
d. 6 March, 1880; res. Aurora, N. Y. Ch. (Johnson):
1 Chrisfield?, author of Hist, of Erie Co., N. Y.; res. Ithaca,
N. Y.
iv Eliza, b. 1808, in N. Y. State; d. s. p., 2 March, 1823; m. March,
1822, Augustus R. Moin of N. Y. City.
V Charlotte, b. in Watertown, N. Y., 24 July, 1816; d. 4 Aug., 1881;
m. Dec, 1849, Ehas Parkhurst, b. in England, and d. in Rod-
man, 1894; res. Rodman. Ch. (Parkhurst):
1 Adelbert^, who d. ae. 2.
2 Medora, m. Frank Brown and was divorced.
3 Frank.
4 Herbert.
vi Tracy Abel, b. Dec, 1818, in Watertown; left home, ae. 17; lived
in Aurora, N. Y., then went to Ohio.
vii Cornelia Jane, b. in Watertown, 12 Oct., 1820; m. 18 Nov., 1847,
Caleb Eton, son of Joseph Hitchcock, b. in Vermont, 3 Sept.,
1824; d. 28 Sept., 1852; she was a cheesemaker; res. in Water-
town, Worth, Rodman and Richland, N. Y. Ch. (Hitchcock) :
1 Julia C.^, b. 28 Feb., 1849; m. 1875, (1) Horace Draper
m. (2) John Cole. Ch. (Draper): i Lillian E.° Ch. (Cole):
ii Lena M.; iii Cornelia.
2 Eugenia Ella, b. 3 Nov., 1850; m. 1871, Eugene Shoecraft of
Mannsville, N. Y. Ch. (Shoecraft): i Jacob E.% grad. of
Albany Med. College; ii Martha M.
viii Lucy Ann, b. 10 June, 1822; d. unm., 12 Oct., 1848.
271 ASA*'^ son of Leonard^ and Abigail (Forbush) Brigham;
born in Walpole, N. H., 18 June^ 1781; died in Essex, Vt., about
1840; married in 1802, Lavina Bellows of Essex. He settled in
Essex about 1812, and resided on " Brigham Hill," grown now to
be a summer resort.
Children, born in Essex, except Calvin, who was b. in Milton, Vt.:
i Warren', res. Essex.
556 ii Calvin, b. 1805.
iii Sarah.
iv Asa, who d.; m. Polly ; res. Essex June; has two grand-
children.
V Rebecca, m. A. A. Slater, Essex Centre. Ch. (Slater) :
1 John^.
vi Lavina, m. E. B. Collins, Burlington, Vt.; 1 dau.% m. •
Thayer; has dau., Etta°.
vii Rufus, m. . Ch.:
1 Martha', who m. Kimball. Ch. (Kimball): i Jennie';
ii Edwin B.
viii Lyman, res. Essex; m. . Ch.: 1 dau., Mrs. Harold
Stevens^ of Burlington, Vt. Ch. (Stevens): i Edson C.», of
Winooski, Vt; ii Harrison A. of Burlington,
272 RUFUS", son of Leonard^ and Abigail (Forbush) Brig-
ham; born in Walpole, N. H., 9 Feb., 1786; died in Hampden, O.,
(whither he removed in 1835), 12 Dec, 1838; married (1) Dec,
SIXTH GENERATION 257
1815, Sophia Wheelock of Essex, Vt., born 1791; died 29 Aug.,
1826; married (2) 14 April, 1830, Lydia Morgan of Essex, born
1791; died 27 May, 1857. He was a farmer.
Children (by first wife), born in Essex:
i David B.', b. 29 July, 1817; d. in Thompson, O., 4 April, 1845;
m. Jane Clark; he was a farmer.
ii Sarah S., b. 20 June, 1819; d. 5 July, 1872; m. (1) 14 Feb., 1838,
Douglas Hurlburt, a manufacturer of cloth; m. (2) 25 May, 1843,
Chillion Strong, a farmer of Thompson, O. Ch. (Hurlburt) :
1 Diana?. Ch. (Strong) : 2 Newton.
Child (by second wife), born in Essex:
557 iii Daniel Morgan, b. 25 Sept., 1832.
273 JONATHAN^ son of Leonard' and Abigail (Forbush)
Brigham; born in Walpole, N. H., 23 Oct., 1788; died in Chardon,
O., 1856; married, in 1812, Melinda Davenport of St. Lawrence
Co., N. Y. He moved in 1817 to Madison, O., and in 1821 to
Hampden, O., thence to Chardon, O.
Children, the 3 elder born in N. Y., the last 5 in Hampden:
i Laura', d. y.
ii Eliza, b. 13 April, 1815; m. in 1839, Milton Tilden of Unionville,
O. Ch. (Tilden):
1 Stella\
iii Laura, b. 11 April, 1817; d. in 1852; m. in 1835, S. N. Bur-
roughs of Montville, O.; 7 ch.
iv Leonard R. (Dr.), b. in Madison, 11 July, 1819; m. in 1844,
Eliza S. Fancher of Auburn, N. Y. ; res. Painesville, O.; Ed.
Farmington Inst., O. ; a popular lecturer on Medicine, Hygiene,
etc.
V Eunice, b. in Madison, 10 May, 1821; a teacher in Lena, lU.;
m. in 1850, Alfred A. Ovary,
vi Daniel J., b. 10 May, 1823; m. 1851, Nancy Roberts of Lena,
111.; res. Iowa,
vii Polly A., b. 18 Nov., 1824; m. A. A. Crary of Freeport, III.;
res. Lena, 111.
ix Orman H., b. 12 May, 1827; drowned in Akron, O., 1849.
X Mehnda L., b. 19 June, 1833; teacher in 111.; m. W. T. House,
and moved to Wells Mill, Mo.
xi Lewis D., b. June, 1838; res. Lena, 111.
274 SILAS®, son of Leonard' and Abigail (Forbush) Brig-
ham; born in Walpole, N. H., 16 Oct., 1791; died in Harpersfield,
O., 26 March, 1850; married, 27 May, 1818, Polly, daughter of
Archibald Harding of Locke, N. Y. ; born l6 July, 1796; died in
Ohio, 10 May, 1854. He was a farmer; was tovra trustee, and in
the war of 1812.
Children, born in Harpersfield:
i Samantha', b. 11 April, 1820; d. 11 March, 1821.
558 ii Nelson, b. 21 Oct., 1821.
659 iii Hiram, b. 14 Feb., 1823.
iv Almond, b. 27 Nov., 1826; d. in 1827.
258 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
560 V Albert Crawford, b. 13 Nov., 1828.
vi Paulina Lois, b. 4 Dec, 1831; d. 1878; m. 8 Dec, 1857, Jerome
B. Vankirk; she was a teacher; res. Rush Lake, Wis. Ch.
( Vankirk) :
1 Frederick EuclicP, b. 12 Dec, 1858.
2 Flora May, b. 25 March, 1860.
3 Weldon Brigham, b. 18 May, 1862.
4 Orley Jerome, b. 15 July, 1864.
5 Jennilla, b. 31 Jan., 1867.
6 Alice Euphane, b. 11 Sept., 1869.
vii Mary Louise, b. 7 Jan., 1835; m. (1) 4 Jan., 1860, William Van-
kirk, who d. in Rush Lake, 25 Dec, 1878; m. (2) 25 Dec, 1879,
Jerome B. Vankirk, widower of her sister Paulina; she was a
teacher; res. Rush Lake. Ch. (Vankirk), by first husband:
1 Luella Orsino\ b. 9 Nov., 1861; d. 4 Nov., 1862.
2 Genevra Estelle, h. 3 May, 1864; d. 17 Oct., 1865.
3 Anna Louise, h. 4 April, 1868.
4 Lyndon Jay, b. 10 June, 1872.
561 viii George Washington, b. 22 Sept., 1836.
ix Henry Harrison, b. 1 Sept., 1840; d. s. p., 12 Oct., 1867; m. 1865,
Louisa Morrison; he was in the Civil War, 2d O. Cavalry; was
twice wounded, one wound proving fatal; he was a farmer.
275 HIRAM% son of Leonard^ and Abigail (Forbush) Brig-
ham; born in Milton, Vt., Nov., 1800; died in Croton, Ohio, 1838,
where he moved in 1834; married, 1829, Hannah Carpenter of
Milton.
Children :
i Silas Hermon^ b. in Milton, 8 Nov., 1833; d. 13 June, 1879; m.
6 Nov., 1860, Lucy A. Root of GranviUe, O., b. 6 Dec, 1839;
she res, Hutsonville, 111. Ch.:
1 Clara Belle", b. in Pickerington, O., 2 Sept., 1861; d. at
res. in Robinson, lU., 21 May, 1885; m. Joseph Ferrel. Ch.
(Ferrel): i Charles H.% b. 24 Sept., 1884; d. 19 July, 1887.
2 Luther Harvey, res. Robinson, 111; 4 ch.
3 Emma Cornelia, b. Hardinsville, 111., 15 Nov., 1865; m. Austin
Price; res. Eaton, 111.; ch. 1 dau.
4 Mary Luella, b. Hardinsville, 20 July, 1870; m. William Aker-
man; res. Eaton; 5 ch.
5 Omer Allen, b. Robinson, 13 Jan., 1874; m. Bertha J. Stark;
res. Hutsonville. Ch.: i Jennie Madge', b. 29 July, 1901; ii
John Herman, b. 9 May, 1903.
6 Nina Cleone, b. in Robinson, 4 Feb., 1877; d. 5 June, 1879.
ii Harvey Carpenter, b. in Hartford, O.; m. 30 March (or Nov.),
1861, at H., Mary H. Morrow of Johnstown, O.; res. E. St.
Louis, 111. Ch., b. in Robinson, 111.:
1 Frank CliforO", h. 11 Dec, 1864; d. 13 Oct., 1865.
2 George Morrow, b. 16 April, 1867; a livestock dealer, E. St.
Louis.
3 Willametta, b. 9 Dec, 1869; m. E. E. Gordon; res. Robin-
son, 111.
4 Bertha Emeline, b. 24 Jan., 1873; d. 27 July, 1874.
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276 DEA. SULLIVAN«, son of Capt. Stephen^ and Sarah
(Harrington) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 29 Dec, 1781;
died in Vienna, N. Y., 2 Oct., 1867; married (1), 5 Jan., 1804,
Amanda, daughter of Uriah Spalding; born 9 Feb., 1778; died in
Vienna, 3 Feb., 1849; married (2) Mrs. Nancy Bryan. He resided
in Westmoreland, and in Vienna, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Children {by first wife), the elder ones born in Westmoreland:
i Lucinda', b. 5 Dec, 1804; d. 37 Oct., 1841; m. 29 Sept., 18—,
William E. Thorn of Washington, O., b. 3 Jan., 1803; d. 2 July,
1870. Ch. (Thorn):
1 Daniel l^.^ b. 5 Dec, 1837; m. 1868, Anna Whitmill; res.
Samaria, Mich. Ch.: i Charles F."; ii Adelaide F.; iii William
J.; iv Pearl E., d. y. ; v Euphemia E.; vi Gilbert A.
2 Theodore, b. 30 Jan., 1839; m. 1871, Mary A. Pierce; res.
Bedford, Mich. Ch.: i Maurice T.% d. y.; ii Mavor B.; iii
George L.
562 ii Mavor, b. 16 May, 1806.
iii Eliza, b. 29 Aug., 1808; d. 30 March, 1856; m. 1 April, 1840,
Edward Doty; res. Rome, N. Y.
iv Rollin, b. 12 Oct., 1810; d. 2 Jan., 1855; m. 4 March, 1849,
Louisa Risley, who d. ; res. Vienna.
V Arethusa, b. 30 Oct., 1812; d. 25 Jan., 1858; m. 3 Oct., 1835,
Ansel L. Johnson; res. Vienna,
vi Faber, b. 21 Feb., 1815; d. 24 Nov., 1844, unm.
vii Newell, b. 1 Jan., 1820; d. 25 March, 1841, unm.
viii Sarah, b. in Vienna, b. May, 1823 ; m. 5 Oct., 1854, James D. Marks,
b. in Vergennes, Vt., 22 June, 1812; d. in Vienna, 27 Aug., 1890;
res. Vienna. Ch. (Marks), b. in Vienna:
1 Ira Brigham", b. 3 May, 1857; d. 30 March, 1861.
2 Charles F., b. 23 July, 1861; m. 27 July, 1881; res. Vienna.
3 Nellie Eliza, b. 23 Oct., 1864; d. 27 Aug., 1872.
277 CAPT. STEPHEN^, son of Capt. Stephen^ and Sarah
(Harrington) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., 11 Apr., 1783;
died in Vernon, N. Y., 24 July, 1850;i married (1), in 1824, Widow-
Ruby Wetmore, born 27 Jan., 1793; died 16 June, 1828; married
(2), 1832, Elizabeth Stevens, born 20 Sept., 1802; died 7 Aug.,
1870. He moved to Vernon with his parents; held town offices.
Children {by first wife), born in Vernon:
I Harriet T.% b. 9 April, 1825; m. 29 May, 1849, Isaac Adams, Jr.,
b. 19 April, 1825; d. 28 Sept., 1879; in 1893 she res., a widow.
Hill City, S. Dakota. Ch. (Adams):
1 Carolyn E?, b. 20 Oct., 1850; d. 10 Nov., 1877; grad. Wis-
consin St. Univ. in 1871; Prof. Wis. St. Normal; m. 4 Oct.,
1876, Rev. Cephas F. Clapp, Supt. of Missions, in Oregon.
2 Frederick Brigham, b. 7 March, 1857; m. 16 March, 1882,
Electa Barker. Ch. Cephas B.S b. 1885.
ii Caroline, b. 1827; d. 1828.
Children {by second wife), born in Vernon:
iii Eleanor E., b. 16 Dec, 1832; m. 14 Jan., 1869, Samuel Bragg;
res. 2116 Norris St., Philadelphia.
260 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
iv Richard Henry Lee, b. 7 Feb., 1835; d. 31 July, 1878; m. in
1872; a farmer in Rutland, Wis.; he was in the 49th N. Y. Vols.,
discharged disabled after hard service.
V George Washington, b. 6 Nov., 1836; was Capt. in the 117th
N. Y. Vols., and killed in the battle of Drury Bluflf, Va., in 1864.
vi Miriam C, b. 7 Aug., 1839; m. 11 Nov., 1868, Edwin Jackson of
Stoughton, Wis.
vli Sara M., b. 13 May, 1842; res. Madison, Wis.
viii Emma O., b. 1845; d. 1852.
ix J. Quincy Adams, b. 7 March, 1848; m. 15 Jan., 1875, Mary
Carpenter; a farmer, res. Madison, Wis.
278 DEA. JOHN^ son of Capt. Stephen^ and Sarah (Harring-
ton) Brigham; born in Vernon, N. Y., 24 March, 1790; died in
Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., 16 July, 1868; married, 25 Jan., 1816,
Susan, daughter of David Moore, born 3 Jan., 1797; died 9 Feb.,
1848. He was a farmer and had a good property. Was captain
in the Militia and was in the War of 1812.
Children, born in Ogden:
i Caroline E.^ b. 8 July, 1817; d. 4 April, 1894; m. 23 Feb., 1837,
George W. Hiscockof Spencerport, N. Y. Ch. (Hiscock), b.
there :
1 Franklin^, b. 20 Jan., 1840; d. 8 April, 1841.
2 Emily F., b. 25 Aug., 1845; m. 17 Oct., 1866, James F. Heakok
of Spencerport.
3 Alice Susan, b. 2 Oct., 1852; d. 12 Oct., 1877; m. 25 Jan.,
1877, Myron H. Davis.
4 George L., b. 8 Nov., 1860; m. 16 Nov., 1881, Nettie M. Wilmot.
Ch.: i Florence®; ii Herbert.
563 ii Orvill P., b. 10 Sept., 1818.
564 iii John D., b, 4 Dec, 1820.
565 iv Alonzo, b. 16 Nov., 1822.
566 V Milton, b. 18 June, 1825.
667 vi Charles, b. 17 March, 1827.
vli Sarah, b. 3 Sept., 1833; d. 21 Jan., 1881; m. 9 April, 1857, Har-
vey Pratt of Spencerport. Ch. (Pratt):
1 Charles B.\ b. 1 Feb., 1858; d. 1 Aug., 1885, in CaUfomia;
m. 30 Jan., 1884, Alice Porter. Ch.: Harry', d. y.
2 Helen E., b. 16 April, 1859; d. 13 March, 1884.
viii Harriet, b. 22 June, 1837; m. 29 Oct., 1857, William W. Hart,
of Spencerport, who d. 1901. Ch. (Hart), b. in Spencerport:
1 Edward Clarence^, b. 16 April, 1868; m. Julia L. Henderson
in 1895. Ch. i Mildred"; ii Alice; iii Ethel.
279 ELIJAH*^, son of Josiah Newton^ and Sarah (Perry) Brig-
ham; born in Hartwick, N. Y., 1790; died in Clinton, N. Y., 18
May, 1858; married, 1818, Lydia Richards, of Jefferson Co., N.
Y., born 1797; died, March, 1868.
Children, horn in Vernon Center, N. Y.:
568 i Lewis E.% b. 4 Dec, 1820.
ii Lyman, b. 1823; d. 1874; a butcher in New York City.
SIXTH GENERATION 26l
iii Phebe, b. 12 Jan., 182T; d. 28 Oct., 1896, in Utica, N. Y.; m.
1848, WiUard, son of Wellington Camp, b. 1836. Ch. (Camp),
b. in Clinton, N. Y.:
1 Jennie^ b. 18 June, 1853; m. 20 Aug., 1878, "Wilford, son of
William L. Burnham of Newport, N. Y.; b. 20 Jan., 1854.
Ch. (Burnham), b. in Utica: i Bessie I.°, b. 26 Oct., 1879; m.
28 May, 1902, R. Clinton Jones; res. Utica; 2 ch.; ii Marjorie
L., b. 8 Nov., 1884; res. Utica.
2 Mary, b. 1855; m. .
3 Lena, b. 1858; m. — .
iv Mary, b. 9 Nov., 1828; res. Utica, in Old Ladies' Home; was a
dressmaker.
280 DEA. DAVID^, son of Josiah Newton^ and Sarah (Perry)
Brigham; born in Hartwick, N. Y., 27 Oct., 1799; died in Dryden,
N. Y., 12 Jan., 1864; married, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 30 Aug.,
1827, Catherine, daughter of Isaac Romaine; born in New York
City, 2 Nov., 1802; died in Dryden, 18 April., 1858. He was a
mechanic and resided in Dryden.
Children, bom in Hartwick:
569 i Lyman FarweU', b. 26 Sept., 1828.
ii Harriet Amanda, b. 20 July, 1830; d. 36 Jan., 1885; m. 6 Feb.,
1850, Simeon Squires, son of Squires Stiles; b. 19 June, 1824;
res. Dryden. Ch. (Stiles), b. in Whitney Point, N. Y.:
1 Latira Maria^, b. 5 Dec, 1851; a nurse, unm.
2 Ella Jans, b. 12 Sept., 1853.
3 Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 Dec, 1854.
4 Melvin Arthur, b. 6 April, 1856; m. 1 Oct., 1885, Hattie, dau.
of Frank Updegrove; res. Binghamton, N. Y. Ch.: i Har-
riet°; ii Franklin.
5 Eva Frances, b. 8 Sept., 1859; d. 11 July, 1873.
6 Hiland Thayer, b. 26 July, 1861; res. Whitney's Point.
7 Willie, b. 14 Dec, 1863; d. 11 July, 1873.
8 Fred D., b. 28 Feb., 1871; d. 1 Sept., 1871.
iii Sarah Mariah, b. 8 Oct., 1831; m. 1 June, 1858, Elson P., son of
Enos Wheeler; b. in Dryden, 25 Dec, 1828; a farmer, res.
Dryden. Ch. (Wheeler), b. in Dryden:
I'Sara Jane\ b. 25 July, 1862; d. unm., 12 Sept., 1898. •
2 Fred Romaine, b. 1 Jan., 1866; res, unm., a farmer in Dryden.
670 iv Newton Josiah, b. 17 Sept., 1834.
V Cornelia Melvina, b. 16 Feb., 1838; d. in Cortland, N. Y., 17 Oct.,
1885; m. March, 1861, John, son of Adam Simmons; b. in Dryden,
4 March, 1838; d. in D., 27 Oct., 1868. Ch. (Simmons), b. in
Dryden:
1 Adam S?, b. Dec, 1861.
2 Willison D., b. April, 1866; m. 4 April, 1894, Olive Ingerman;
res. Sioux City, Da.
281 DEA. PERRY®, son of Josiah Newton^ and Sarah (Perry)
Brigham; born in Hartwick, N. Y., 17 April, 1801 ; died ;
married, 2 Oct., 1827, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Amos Mason of
Biddeford, Me. He was a trader in Boston.
262 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children :
i Albert', b. 26 March, 1829; d. 29 March, 1829.
ii Helen Augusta, b. 26 Jan., 1830; res. West Newton, Mass.
iii Garaphelia M., b. 17 Nov., 1832; m. 13 July, 1853, Henry W.
Jenkins,
iv Charles Perry, b. 21 Sept., 1834; d. 1 April, 1836.
V Aleathia Maria, b. 1 March, 1837; d. 19 May, 1851.
vi Charles Perry, b. 22 July, 18.39; d. (a son, Percf, is an actor).
vii Sarah Anna, b. 18 June, 1842.
viii Emma Josephine, b. 20 Aug., 1844.
282 EDMOND®, son of Stephen^ and Jemima (Snow) Brig-
ham; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., 29 Sept., 1769; died in W. Boyl-
ston, Mass.; married (1), 7 Jan.,' 1795, Mary Brooks of Worcester,
born 25 Oct., 1776; died 15 May, 1817; married (2), 26 May,
1818, Eunice Plympton, born 5 bet., 1788; died 1857. Was a
farmer in W. Boylston.
Children (by first wife) :
1 Mary', b. 6 Oct., 1797.
ii Patty, b. 13 Nov., 1799.
iii Hester L., b. 1 Nov., 1800.
iv Fidelia, b. 17 Jan., 1804.
v Almira, b. 9 April, 1806.
vi Lucy, b. 2 Nov., 1808.
571 vii Stephen Nathaniel Brooks, b. 18 July, 1811.
viii Nancy, b. 29 July, 1813.
Children (by second wife) :
ix Sarah, b. 12 July, 1819.
X Frederick L., b. 24 May, 1821; res. Worcester; had 2 daus.,
one, 3Irs. Wm. C. Wheeler^, 9 Myrtle St., Cliftondale, Mass.
xi Eunice E., b. 1 Feb., 1823.
283 JABEZ", son of Stephen^ and Jemima (Snow) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., in 1776; died, probably in Worcester,
Mass., 14 June, 1834; married, in 1794, Nancy, daughter of Joseph
Kingsbury of Worcester; she died in 1848. He resided in Worces-
ter and was on the School Committee ; he was also surveyor of liigh-
ways and hog reeve.
Children, born in Worcester:
i Polly', b. 1 Nov., 1796; d. 14 Jan., 1855; m. 1812, Ephraim, son
of Abel Bigelow of W. Boylston, Mass.; b. 20 Feb., 1791; d.
13 July, 1837; he was selectman, town clerk, and owned a cotton
mill. Ch. (Bigelow), b. in W. B.:
\' Horatio Nelson^ b. 13 Sept., 1812; he was the "father" of
Clinton, Mass.; a mill owner, and manufacturer. Ch. : i
Henry"; ii Charles; both of Clinton.
2 Erastus Brigham, b. 2 April, 1814; an inventor of weaving
machines; a prominent citizen. Ch.: Ellen^ who m. Rev.
Daniel Merriman of Worcester.
572 ii Moses, b. 10 May, 1798.
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iii Betsey, b. 3 Nov., 1800; m. 10 March, 1819, Simon Plympton;
res. Millbury, Mass.
573 iv Hosea, b. 6 Dec, 1802.
V Nancy, b. 1806; d. 17 March, 1846; m. Rev. D. S. King of Boston;
res. B.
574 vi Margaret, b. 1808.
284 STEPHEN*', son of Stephen^ and Jemima (Snow) Brig-
ham; born in West Boylston, Mass., 21 Sept., 1779; died about
1819 in Roxbury, Mass., married Lucy, daughter of Aaron White
of Roxbury; born 27 March, 1777; died about 1820. He was a
merchant in Boston.
Children, born in Boston:
i William', who d. y.
ii Mary W., b. 2 Sept., 1806; d. in Roxbury, 4 Jan., 1893.
iii Stephen A., b. 28 June, 1808; d. unm., in Roxbury, 21 Nov., 1866.
iv Elizabeth D., b. 27 Feb., 1810; d. in Roxbury, 30 March, 1898.
575 V Lucy A., b. 8 Dec, 1811.
vi Louisa, b. 27 July, 1813; m. 18 Nov., 1844, Sanford Kendall;
res., a widow, in Worcester. Ch. (Kendall):
1 Sanford M.^ b. 21 March, 1847; d. 2 Sept., 1849.
vii Caroline, b. 15 Feb., 1815; d. unm., ae. about 17.
viii Henry Bigelow, b. 15 July, 1818; d. 24 Jan., 1887, in Lexington,
Mass.; m. 26 March, 1860, Mary E., dau. of Samuel Dudley of
Roxbury; he was a farmer; she res., a widow, in Lexington. Ch.:
1 Mary L.*, b. in Roxbury, 3 March, 1862; res. Lexington.
285 LEVI*', son of Stephen^ and (Wilder) Brigham;
born in West Boylston, Mass., 8 June, 1787 (a family record says
" b. Boston," but his parents res. W. Boylston) ; died in Boston,
17 July, 1864; married (1) Eunice, daughter of Isaac Monroe, of
Keene, N. H.; born 23 Aug., 1788; died in 1813 or 1814; married
(2), in 1814, Frances, also daughter of Isaac Monroe; born 12
Dec, 1793; died 18 June, 1858; married (3) Mrs. Taft, born Tay-
lor, daughter of " Father " Taylor of Boston, the " Sailor preacher."
Mr. Brigham was a wine merchant in Boston.
Children (by first loife), born in Boston:
576 i Levi Henry% b. 27 Nov., 1811.
ii Eunice Harriet, b. 26 Dec, 1813; d. 4 Dec, 1850; m. 1 Nov.,
1836, Samuel S. Ball, b. 25 Dec, 1807; d. 1 Nov., 1838. Ch.
(BaU):
r Harriet F.\ b. 1 May, 1838; d. 30 Dec, 1904; m. 9 Oct.,
1860, Edward F. Thayer. Ch. (Thayer): Elsie% b. 17 June,
1872.
Children (by second wife):
iii Caroline Frances, b. 13 Dec, 1815; d. 2 June, 1854; m. 18 July,
1843, Erasmus Jones Andrews, a silk merchant in Boston; b.
19 Aug., 1811. Ch. (Andrews):
1 Caroline Frances^, b. 19 June, 1845; m. 14 June, 1900, Edwin
L. Sanborn; res. Commonwealth Ave., Boston, s. p.
264 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
2 Harriet Ball, b. 6 May, 1849; d. 18 Feb., 1881; m. 10 June,
1879, Edward W. Howe; s. p.
iv Frederick Augustus, b. 14 Feb., 1817; d. 5 April, 1848; m. 15
Oct., 1845, Harriet A. Norton of Worcester, Mass. Ch.:
1 E. Harriet^, b. 14 June, 1847; d. 9 Dec, 1849 (another record
says 11 June, 1851).
286 LYDIA^, daughter of Joseph^ and Lydia (Barnes) Brig-
ham; born in Northboro, Mass., l6 Aug., 1766; died in Marlboro,
4 April, 1850; married, 7 Nov., 1785, Dea. Moses Ames of Marl-
boro; born 4 June, 176S; died 24 June, 1825. He was a farmer and
miller and was in the Revolutionary War.
Children {Ames), horn in Marlboro:
i Lewis', b. 31 Aug., 1786; d. 10 June, 1856; m. (1) 24 May, 1812,
Nancy Childs; m. (2) 2 May, 1821, Mehitabel Forbush; was a
farmer and miller, and res. on the old Joseph Brigham place in
Marlboro. Ch. (Ames), by first wife, b. in Marlboro:
1 Lucy^; 2 Moses; 3 Lydia; 4 Robert.
Ch. (Ames), by second wife, b. in Marlboro:
5 Robert; 6 Nancy; 7 Martha.
8 Dr. Joseph, who d. in Holden, Mass., 1 April, 1903, ae. 74 yrs.,
3 mos. ; a highly successful physician there for over 44 yrs.
9 Stephen.
10 Martha L., who, with her brother Stephen, res. on the old Ames
place in Marlboro (the Joseph Brigham place), is a well
known genealogist. She carefully treasures many old deeds,
wills and other documents relating to the Ames and Brigham
families, as well as antique furniture and utensils, among them
the chair in which Thomas" Brigham, died.
11 Lucinda, b. 11 Jan., 1789; d. unm., 20 Jan., 1833.
iii Nancy, b, 1 Marcli^ 1792; m. 23 July, 1809, Levi Bigelow; he
taught school 20 years; J. P. 30 years; assessor 17 years; Rep.
4 years. Ch. (Bigelow):
1 Lydia^; 2 Leander; 3 Mary; 4 Cordelia; 5 Electa; 6 Levi;
7 Lambert; 8 Edwin; 9 Horace; 10 Julian; 11 William; 12
Ann; 13 Arthur; 14 Ada.
287 JOSEPH^ son of Dr. Gershom^ and Esther (Belknap)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 12 May, 1780; died in Shrews-
bury, Mass., 29 Feb., 1836; married, in 1807 (intentions, Jan. 2\
Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Parker) Hardy, (Joseph
Hardy's mother was Prudence Warren, whose paternal ancestor,
Richard Warren, came over in the Mayflower) . He resided in West-
boro and Shrewsbury.
Children :
577 i Joseph D.\ h. 19 July, 1807.
578 ii William Belknap, b. 26 April, 1809.
iii Hannah, b. about 1810; d. unm., 21 Sept., 1842.
579 iv Charles Corriden, b. 1 Dec, 1813.
V Roxana, m. 3 Nov., 1834, Silas Dinsmore of Worcester, Mass.
Ch. (Dinsmore), b. in Worcester:
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1 Silas EvereW, b. 18 June, 183G.
2 Henry C, b. 1839; d. 24 Aug., 1840.
3 Emma, b. 29 Dec, 1843.
4 Anna, d. y.
288 BENJAMIN% son of Dr. Gershom^ and Esther (Belknap)
Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 28 May, 1780; died in Shrews-
bury, Mass., 30 Jan., 1831; married, 22 May, 1803, Lucy, daugh-
ter of Joseph Hardy; born in Westboro, 28 June, 1780; died m
Shrewsbury, 27 June, 1861. He resided in Westboro and Shrews-
bury.
Children, all born in Westboro:
1 Loring', b. 21 Dec, 1804; d. 19 May, 1810.
ii Susan Lee, b. 1 Nov., 1806; d. in Shrewsbury, 25 Sept., 187T; m.
31 March, 1828, William Hastings Knowlton (son of Dea. Joseph
H.) of Shrewsbury; b. there, 8 March, 1807; d. there, 5 Aug..
1872. Ch. (Knowlton):
1 Susan Ellen', b. 26 Dec, 1828; d. 9 Oct., 1854; m. 1 Jan.,
1849, Elhahan C, son of Ebenezer Wheeler; b. in Grafton,
Mass., 1826; res. Shrewsbury. Ch. (Wheeler): i Inez'; u
Infant, d. y.
2 Mary Adelaide, b. 19 May, 1831; m. 17 April, 1855, Joseph
Albert Nourse, a merchant of Shrewsbury. Ch. (Nourse) : i
Anna M.»; ii William K.; iii Albert; 2 d. y.
3 William Everett, b. 26 Sept., 1832; m. 7 Jan., 1856, Mary E.,
dau. of LjTnan S. Brown; b. in Shrewsbury, 1837; a merchant
there. Ch.: i Wm. E.^ ii Addie M.; iii Mabel E.; iv Edward
L.; V Harry L.; 3d. y.
4 Lucy Maria, b. 21 May, 1835 ; d. 30 Sept., 1850.
5 Eliza Oreemvood, b. 18 Oct., 1837; d. 26 Nov., 1855.
6 Martha Bricjham, b. 6 Oct., 1839; d. 13 Aug., 1840.
7 Caroline E. A., b. 3 April, 1843; d. 9 Jan., 1868.
8 Walter Brigham, b. 2 Dec, 1845; d. 7 July, 1866.
iii Marv Parker, b. 24 Jan., 1810; m. 6 April, 1830, Henry Benjamin
Pratt, son of Shepherd; b. in Shrewsbury, 16 Sept., 1807; res.
Shrewsbury. Ch. (Pratt), b. in S.:
1 Susan Augusta^ b. 18 March, 1839; m. George J. Morey of
Worcester, Mass. Ch. (Morey) : Mary B.'
2 Franklin Brigham, b. 11 Aug., 1842; res. Shrewsbury; m.
Emma A. Knowlton. Ch.: i WiUis"; ii Mary; iii Frederick;
iv Harry; v Florence; vi Bertram; vii Clifford.
3 Marion Elizabeth, b. 9 Nov., 1846; d. 10 June, 1851.
580 iv Owen Benjamin, b. 27 May, 1812.
289 COL. JOSIAH^ son of Dr. Gershom^ and Esther (Bel-
knap) Brigham; born in Westboro, Mass., 19 Dec., 1791; died
Westboro, 23 July, 1870; married Azubah Beeton of Westboro;
born 15 May, 1795; died 6 Dec, 1883. A portrait of Col. Brig-
ham, his wife and son, hangs in the rooms of the Westboro Histori-
cal Society.
266 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children, born in Westboro:
i Augusta Olivia', m. Henry Whitman of Providence, R. I.; he
was a merchant, lawyer and notary public; res. Cranston. Ch.
Ch. (Whitman), b. in Westboro:
1 Henry Brigham^, b. 30 June, 1841 ; d. in Providence, 9 March,
1894; m. 6 Nov., 1872, Lucia Keyser Haskell of New York
City; he grad. in 1864, Brown Univ.; was admitted to the
Albany (N. Y.) bar, 1866; took an active part in politics.
Afterward practiced law in Providence until his decease;
his knowledge of statute and common law was marked, and he
was a man of talent and rare cultivation. Ch. : Ralph Myers".
ii Josiah, m. Maynard, and res. Westboro.
290 LUCINDA% daughter of Rev. Benjamin^ and Lucy
(Morse) Brigham; born in Fitzwilliam, N. H.; baptized 22 March,
1772; died ; married (1), 5 May, 1793, Dr. Peter Clark
Grosvenor, who died 14 Dec, 1794; he was town clerk of Fitz-
william at time of death, which occurred when young; married (2),
10 Dec, 1795, Daniel Morse of Sturbridge, Mass., who died in
Fitzwilliam, 1 Oct., 1812.
Child (Orosvenor), born in Fitzwilliam:
i Ebenezer Clarke b. 21 Sept., 1793; was grad. Univ. of Vt., 1813,
and M. D. from Boston; moved to Darien, Ga., of which mayor;
studied in Europe; was drowned in Darien, at an early age.
Children (Morse), born in Fitzwilliam:
ii Eliza, b. 13 Sept., 1796; m. Ziba Baldwin of Greenfield, Mass.
iii Harding, b. 1 Oct., 1798; d. 18 March., 1802.
iv Loring, b. 22 April, 1800; settled in Ackworth, N. H., where
had a large family.
V Lemuel, b. 4 Sept., 1801 ; res. Hillsboro Bridge, N. H.
vl Curtis, b. Oct., 1803; d. in Geneseo, 111., 1855.
291 ELISHA% son of Rev. Benjamin^ and Lucy (Morse)
Brigham; baptized in , Fitzwilliam, 1 Aug., 1779; died ;
married, 1 Jan., 1810, Susannah (Sukey), daughter of Capt. Samuel
and Rachel (Gary) Thayer; baptized in Boston, 12 Dec, 1787;
died . Some records say he married Miss Williams, sister
of his employer, in Boston, but the family deny this.
He kept store awhile in Fitzwilliam, and went to Boston, where
he became a clerk for Mr. Williams. He then moved to Cincinnati,
O., where he went into business, and died.
Children :
i Cornelia S. Thayer^ b. 3 Nov., 1810; m. James (?) Southgate.
ii Marcus Marcellus, b. 3 Aug., 1812; d. unm.
iii Julia Roxalina, b. 14 Feb., 1814; d. in Boston, ; m.
in Oxford, O., 1 Nov., 1833, Charles, son of Jabin and Mary
(Tucker) Fisher; b. in Canton, Mass., 9 Dec, 1799; spent his
youth in Washington, N. H.; went to Ohio; was a wholesale
grocer in Cincinnati; d. in Yellow Springs, O., 28 March, 1869.
Ch. (Fisher):
SIXTH GENERATION 267
1 Charles L.\ b. 2 March, 1835; m. 2 April, 1874, Laura Feder-
spiel of Fort Lee, N. Y.; grad. Union Theol. Sem.; res.
Cory Jon, Ind. Ch. (Fisher): i SamueP; ii David; ui Gar-
field.
2 Theodore B., b. 6 Oct., 1837; unm.
3 Cornelia M-, b. 4 July, 1840; d. in Worcester, Mass., 15 May,
1890 • m. G. Stanley Hall, afterward Prest. of Clark University,
Worcester. Ch. (Hall) : i Robert G.», b. Feb., 1881 ; ii Julia
Fisher, b. 1883. . . , -^
4 Sidney A., b. 18 March, 1842; m. 11 Feb., 1866, Angeline E.
Adsitt; res. San Francisco, Cal. Ch.: i Luman«; u Philip A.
(Rev.), pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Mill City,
Oregon. .
5 Horace, b. 18 March, 1844; m. Kate Matson; res. Cincinnati.
Ch.: i William*; ii Clifford.
6 Emma, b. 31 May, 1855; a teacher in Boston.
7 Susan Florence, b. 1857; d. 1859.
iv Lucius Algernon, b. 16 Aug., 1816; ra. Cornelia Taylor. Ch.:
1 Edwin'*, d. y.
2 Stanley, d. y.
3 Edith, m. Hanna; res. Chicago.
4 Eva, m. Longinotti; res. Chicago.
292 WILLARD^ son of Caleb^ and Hannah (Barnes) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 7 Oct., 1772; died in Marlboro, 28
Aug., 1835; married, 5 ,Oct., 1797, Betsey, daughter of Oliver and
Betty (Howe) Russell of Marlboro; born l6 Oct., 1780; died 11
Dec, 1820. He inherited the homestead ,in Marlboro, one mile
S.W.'of Feltonville; was a farmer and resided for a time in Berlin,
I^Iass. Two of his sons became Congregational clergymen.
Children, horn in Marlboro:
i Harriet', b. 3 Oct., 1802; d. unm., in Hudson, Mass., 19 Sept.,
1890.
581 ii Mary M., b. 1 Oct., 1804,
582 iii Levi, b. 14 Oct., 1806.
583 iv George, b. 12 Oct., 1808.
V Hannah, b. 18 Jan., 1811; d. unm., in 1836.
584 vi Willard, b. 4 May, 1813. ,
585 vii Aaron, b. 7 April, 1817.
586 viii Elizabeth, b. 1 Dec, 1821.
293 CALEB, JR.^ son of Caleb^ and Hannah (Barnes) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 26 Dec, 1778; died 17 Aug., 1842;
married, Martha, daughter of William and Lydia (Chamberlain)
Brigham (74); born in Marlboro, 22 March, 1782; died 20 April,
I860. He was a farmer and music and dancing teacher, and an
unusually skilful performer on the violin. He resided in Marlboro.
Children, horn in Marlboro:
587 i Martha Chamberlain', b. 2 Oct., 1803.
ii Laura Ann, b. 1 July, 1805; d. 7 March, 1808.
iii Francis Dana, b. 19 April, 1808; d. 7 March, 1883; m. 12 May,
268 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1831, Sarah, dau. of Stephen Pope of Feltonville, b. 11 Jan., 1811;
d. in 1893; was a merchant in Hudson many years. Ch., b. in
Hudson :
1 George Austin^, b. 28 Sept., 1832; d. 24 July, 1834.
2 Charles Dana, b. 16 June, 1835; d. 14 Oct., 1836.
3 Charles Austin, b. 22 Aug., 1837; d. 5 Dec, 1860.
4 George Dana, twin to Charles A.; d. 10 April, 1838.
5 Ella Frances, b. 11 Nov., 1851; d. 10 July, 1853.
iv Charles, b. 3 May, 1811; d. 8 April, 1886; m. 12 Oct., 1836,
Rebecca Burr, dau. of Daniel and Rebecca (Burr) Tuttle of
Fitchburg; b. 31 July, 1817; d. 7 Dec, 1875; res. Fitchburg, and
was Purchasing Agt. for R. R. Co. Ch.:
1 Charles Leivis^, b. Fitchburg, 10 July, 1843; d. s. p., 11 March,
1894; m. at Hudson, 1 Jan., 1868, Mary L., dau. Henry and
Louisa (Nourse) Whitcomb of Hudson; b. 22 April, 1847.
(She m. [2] Wm. S. Pierce)
V Laura Ann, b. 20 April, 1813; m. Alden, son of Abner Brigham,
210.
vi Austin P., b. 4 April, 1815; d. 4 Sept., 1818.
vii Sophia, b. 1 July, 1817; d. 5 Sept., 1818.
viii Sophia Austin, b. 24 June, 1820; d. 25 March, 1833.
588 ix Tileston, b. 25 Aug., 1822.
X Ann Janette, b. 13 Dec, 1824; d. 1852 (another record says she
d. 24 April 1854) ; m. in Marlboro, 5 Dec, 1848, Burleigh, son of
Lyman and Lydia (Brigham) Morse; b. in Marlboro, 3 Sept.,
1822; d. 25 Feb., 1896. Ch. (Morse), b. in Marlboro:
1 Ellen Augusta^, b. 28 June, 1849; res. Marlboro.
294 BENAJAH% son of Benajah^ and Abigail (Bent) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 7 June, 1774; died 23 Oct., 1852;
married (1), in 1801, Sarah Lancaster, born in Salem, N. H., 15
Nov., 1783; died in Boston, Jan., 1828; married (2), in Boston, 4
Jan., 1830, Betsey, daughter of Job Turner; born in Pembroke,
Mass., 15 Dec, 1793; died 1 March, 1871.
He was a grocer in Boston and a deacon of the First Universalist
church. He is interred in the Old Granary Burying-ground, Tomb
No. Q5, which is on the right-hand side of the gate, near the fence.
CHildren (by first wife), born in Boston:
i Sarah^ b. 3 Dec, 1802; d. in Boston, 28 Oct., 1829; m. 1 May,
1822, Anson Dexter of Boston. Ch. (Dexter) :
1 Amon Brigham^, b. 16 July, 1823; d. 26 Sept., 1844.
2 Sarah Lancaster, b. 26 June, 1825; m. 10 May, 1847, William
Ellery James. Ch. (James): i Annie Fay*, b. 15 April, 1851;
ii Brigham Dexter, b. 25 March, 1855.
3 Marrj Ann Ruth, b. 3 Oct., 1827; d. 27 May, 1829.
ii Benjamin, (Rev.), b. 30 Oct., 1804; d. unm., in Boston, 21 Sept.,
1831; A. M. at Harvard Univ., 1825; studied theology and was
Chaplain U. S. N.; was with Prest. Bolivar 4 years; was a
Unitarian clergyman, and a superior scholar and musician; he
preached his last sermon in Brattle Street Church,
iii Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1806; d. 7 Sept., 1807.
SIXTH GENERATION 269
589 iv Mary Lancaster, b. 28 Dec, 1808.
V Lucy, b. 23 April, 1811; d. 7 May, 1829.
vi Charlotte, b. 20 Aug., 1813; d. in Brookline, Mass., 13 Feb., 1867;
m. 23 Feb., 1832, Isaac BeU of New Orleans. Ch. (Bell):
1 Eliza James^, b. 16 Jan., 1833; d. 16 May, 1906; m. 9 Oct,
1860, Charles Herbert Draper, b. 22 March, 1838; Prest Brook-
line Nat. Bank; res. Brookline.
590 vii George, b. 20 Sept., 1815.
295 EPHRAIM^ son of Benajah^ and Abigail (Bent) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 2 July, 1776; died ; mar-
ried Hannah, daughter of Thomas Twitchell. He inherited the
Benajah homestead in Westboro.
Children, horn in Westboro:
1 Hannah M.'', d. ; m. Benj. F. Green, who also d.;
res. Shrewsbury, Mass. Ch. (Green) :
1 Charles^, who res. with his Grandfather Brigham, in West-
boro.
591 11 John W., b. 6 May, 1821.
iii Lucy H., d. ; m. Charles C. Andrews; res. West-
boro. Ch. (Andrews) :
1 Charles^.
296 PETER W.«, son of Benajah^ and Abigail (Bent) Brig-
ham; born in Westboro, Mass., 10 May, 1779; died 24 July, 1831;
married, 8 June, 1807, Lydia, daughter of William H. Valentine
of Hopkinton, Mass.; born 9 Aug., 1786; died in Worcester, Mass.,
6 Sept., 1871; she married (2) Thomas Beeton. Mr. Brigham set-
tled in Boston as a mason and was the first American who put on
stucco work.
Children, horn in Boston:
592 i William Augustus", b. 29 Aug., 1808.
ii Lydia Ann, b. 5 Feb., 1810; m. 5 Feb., 1829. Holland, son of
Maj. Holland Forbes of Westboro, and grandson of 175; they
res. in Salem, N. H., where he d. 17 June, 1870; she res., a
widow, in Boston. Ch. (Forbes) :
1 John W.^, b. 9 Nov., 1829; d. in Carlisle, Pa,. 27 Nov., 1863;
m. Diantha Houghton of Swanzey, N. H. Ch. : i Julius W.',
b. 14 Oct., and d. 14 Nov., 1852; ii George H., b. 3 Feb., 1856;
iii Charles O., b. 4 March, 1862.
2 Martha A. B., b. 4 July, 1834, in Brighton Mass.; m. A. H.
Merrill of Salem, N. H.
iii John WeUs, b. and d. Sept., 1818.
297 JABEZ«, son of Benajah'' and Abigail (Bent) Brigham;
born in Westboro, Mass., 12 March, 1781; died 10 Jan., 1862;
married (1), 9 Feb., 1800, Sophia, daughter of John Hunt of Lan-
caster, Mass., who died in Grafton, 6 Feb., 1837, ae. 55; married
(2), in 1849, Phebe (or Phila) Wheeler. He was a mason by
270 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
trade, and built the first brick building in Bangor, Me. Resided in
Grafton and Boston,
Children, the first, second and fourth bom in Lancaster:
i Francis', b. 22 Feb., 1800; d. in Grafton, 13 Sept., 1819.
ii Mary Ann, b. 29 Dec, 1801; d. in Springfield, Mass., 27 Feb.,
1870; m. in 1818, Dea. Robert, son of Daniel Prentice; b. in
Townsend, Mass., 16 March, 1792; d. in Springfield (or Worces-
ter), 17 April, 1864; res. a while at Grafton. Ch. (Prentice):
1 Mary Ann^, b. 6 Feb., 1819; d. 29 Sept., 1821.
2 Emily, b. 16 Feb., 1821; m. Sanford J. Hall of Grafton, Mass.
Ch. (Hall): i Mary SJ; ii Nellie F.
3 Benjamin Briyham, b. 18 April, 1833; d. 18 Jan., 1858.
iii Jabez, b. in Boston, 29 Aug., 1804; d. 26 Aug., 1805.
593 iv Franlilin, b. 19 July, 1805.
V Sophia, b. in Grafton, 7 June, 1806; m. 20 Nov. 1828, Daniel,
son of Leonard and Persis (Brigham) Wheelock, 174; b. in
Grafton, 7 March, 1805. Ch. (Wheelock), b. in Grafton:
1 Sophronia^ h. 20 Sept., 1829.
2 Lucian B., h. 20 Aug., 1831.
3 Persis B., b. 18 July, 1833.
4 Adaline A., b. 11 March, 1837.
5 Mary B., b. 13 April, 1840; d. 7 July, 1872.
6 Francis F., h. 23 Oct., 1847; d. 4 Nov., 1864.
594 vi Abigail D., b. in Grafton, 24 Oct., 1807.
595 vii Phebe, b. in Boston, 2 Aug., 1810.
viii Jabez, b. 7 March, 1813; d. in Detroit, Mich., March, 1839, s. p.
ix Warren, b. 24 March, 1815, in Grafton; living in 1904; m. (1)
9 Sept., 1842, Persis Carlton, who d. 8 Jan., 1868; m. (2) in 1870,
Susan M. Carroll. Ch. (by first wife): Levi^ b. 1853; d. 1855.
X Emeline F., b. in Grafton, 7 Nov., 1821; d. in Millbury, Mass.,
13 Feb., 1844; m. Aug., 1837, Andrew Holden of Millbury. Ch.
(Holden), b. in M.:
1 Lizzie^, m. William Fenner. Ch.: Emma", m. Alfred H. Carr.
2 Emeline, d. ae. 3.
596 xi Sarah E., b. in Grafton, 9 Sept., 1822.
298 LEONARD WARREN", son of Gershom^ and Sarah
(Allen) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 16 July, 1785; died
in Brookfield, Vt., 15 Nov., 1834; married, in Roxbury, Vt., 17
Nov., 1811, Polly Wilcox, born in Woodstock, Conn., 25 Oct., 1783.
Children, the second and third born in Roxbury:
i Son'', d. y.
ii Alzina, b. in 1812; m. Stephen CoUis of Elmore, Vt.
597 iii Elisha Warren, b. 15 Nov., 1814.
iv Eunice, b. ; m. (1) 1848, Solon Simons; m. (2)
Joseph Richards of Northfield, Vt., and had 2 children.
299 POLLY®, daughter of Gershom'^ and Sarah (Allen) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 17 Oct., 1786; died in Waitsfield,
Vt., 12 Aug., 1862; married Benjamin Carroll, a farmer of Fayston,
Moretown, and Richmond, Vt. ; born March., 1780; died 20 Jan.,
1842.
SIXTH GENERATION 271
Children (Carroll), the 3 elder born in Moretovm, the 5 younger in
Richmond:
i Esther W^ight^ b. 2 Dec, 1813; d. in Transit, Minn., 6 Dec,
189:;?; m. 184:3, Almon Hall. Ch. (Hull):
1 Frank^; 3 Flora; 3 Ervin; 4 Ellen; 5 Robert; 6 Eva.
ii George B., b. 11 Oct., 1814; d. in Waitsfield, 13 April, 1886;
m. Susan Johnson; a farmer. Ch. :
1 Eden^, res. Sioux City, la.; 2 Burt.
ill Sarah Alsina, b. 37 Feb., 1816; d. 30 Aug., 1816.
iv Alzina Sarah, b. Fayston, 2 Aug., 181T; d. in Kansas; m. Leander
Marshall. Ch. (Marshall):
1 Henry^; 2 Willard, of Nora, 111.; 3 Alphonso; 4 Ellen; 5
Bert.
V Alma Luana, b. 6 May, 1820; d. s. p., 18 Dec, 1893; m. William
Wait of Waitsfield.
vi Lawson, b. 6 Oct., 1S22; d. in Fayston, 4 Jan., 1889; m. 1848,
Maria Boyce; a farmer. Ch. :
I Fred C.«; 2 George H.
vii Lovina D., b. 17 April, 1825; d. in Richmond, 30 June, 1847;
m. Benjamin Hall. Ch. (Hall):
1 George B.^
viii Charles L., b. 3 Dec, 1827; m. Lucy Scribner; res. Robinson,
Kan. Ch.:
1 L. Charles^; 2 Alice.
ix Pliny F., b. 7 Nov., 1831 ; m. Susan Poland ; a farmer, res.
Warren, Vt. Ch.:
1 Lovina^; 2 Lewis.
300 ELISHA% son of Gershom^ and Sarah (Allen) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, Mass., 22 Oct., 1792; died in Fayston, Vt., 11
March, 1863; married, in Fayston, Sophronia, daughter of Samuel
B. Ryder; she was born in Randolph, Vt., 20 June, 1799; died in
Fayston, 24 Oct., 1876. Her father came from Plymouth, Mass.,
to Braintree, Vt. ; came in by " blaised " trees, and planted the first
fruit nursery in that town. Her mother was Lucy, dau. of Seth
Chase, the 4th from Aquila Chase, who settled at Newburyport,
1646. Through the Ryders, Sophronia was descended from Mary,
dau. of Richard Warren, one of the Mai/flower (1620) passengers.
Thus all of Elisha and Sophronia's descendants are of May flower
stock. The Ryders are well represented in the graveyard on the
Hill, at Plymouth. Samuel Ryder (or Rider) was one of the first
settlers of Yarmouth on Cape Cod, from Plymouth, 1639-
When Elisha was 4 years old his father removed to Winchester,
N. H., and when he was 16 they removed to Fayston in the Mad
River Valley, where were only half a dozen recent settlers with
small clearings and no roads. His father being infirm, Elisha took
the lead in clearing up a wooded wilderness into the homestead
which he inherited at his father's death. He was a quiet, devout,
most peaceable man ; scrupulously honest, suffering a wrong rather
than committing one. The " pioneer of Methodism " in his town,
272 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
he was class-leader, chorister, and financial and social supporter
of the church. " Puritanism never thrived better this side of old
Plymouth, in all its sterling simplicity and straight-forwardness,
than here." His name is found in the earliest business transac-
tions of the town, without interruption to the time of his death;
he was collector, selectman, lister, district clerk, highway surveyor,
committee man and juror. A consistent Whig, while the town was
almost to a man Democratic, he never was elected to the Legislature.
Elisha and his wife rest in that Waitsfield, Vt., cemetery, situated
in Irasville.
Children, born in Fayston:
i Harriet Jane', b. 22 Sept., 1818; d. in Cascade, Mich., Sept.,
1881; m. 27 Oct., 1844, Bernard, son of Hon. Eber H. Baxter;
b. in Moretown, N. Y., 6 July, 1824; moved to Cascade, Mich.,
and d. 20 Aug., 1881. Ch. (Baxter), b. Moretown:
1 William A. C.\ b. 15 Oct., 1845; d. y.
2 Aurilla S. D., b. 12 March, 1847; m. 12 Jan., 1866, Thomas J.
Hurlburt. Ch. (Hurlburt): i Carrie"; ii Morris; iii Helen;
iv William; v Ray, d. y.
3 Lucy Irene, b. 15 Jan., 1852; m. 1873, William Hall of Grand
Rapids, Mich. Ch. (Hall): i Ida"; ii Willie.
4 Bernard Nelson, b. 11 June, 1855; d. about 1873.
598 ii Gershom Nelson, b. 3 March, 1820.
599 iu Elisha Aldis, b. 22 Dec, 1821.
iv Lucy, b. 20 March, 1823; d. 21 July, 1865; m. (1) 15 Jan., 1843,
Jacob Pierce; m. (2) 6 Oct., 1852, Charles Thompson. Ch.
(Pierce), name was changed to Brigham:
1 Anson Orlando^, b. 11 Oct., 1843; m. Nov., 1865, Mary Mans-
field of Fayston, Vt. Ch. (bearing name of Brigham) : i
Josephine", m. George Bliss; res. Springfield, Mass.; has 1
son; ii Minnie L., m. 17 Dec, 1890, James Burt of W. Ran-
dolph, Vt. ; has 1 son.; iii Fred.
Ch. (Thompson) :
2 Charles Brigham, b. 30 Aug., 1853.
v Sophronia Delight, b. 17 May, 1825; d. in Flint, Mich., 10 May,
1901; m. 25 Sept., 1844, William H. Chaffee, d. in Fargo, N. D.,
Nov., 1882. Ch. (Chaffee):
1 Helen Adelaide^, m. 1865, Henry G. Perry of Toymonth,
Mich. Ch. (Perry): i Charles"; ii Fred; iii Nellie; iv
William.
2 Willis L., b. Jan., 1847; d. July, 1847.
3 William Henry, b. 1848; m. 1869, Alice A. Moses; res. CaL
Ch. : i Ida"; ii Lois; iii Herbert.
4 Clarence, b. and d. Aug., 1856.
600 vi Eusebia Miranda, b. 23 Aug., 1826.
601 vii Leander Howe, b. 17 April, 1828.
viii Samuel Allen, b. 8 Nov., 1829; d. unm., 1893; rem. Portland,
Oregon.
602 ix Albert, b. 3 May, 1832.
X Anson Orlando, b. 27 March, 1835; d. April, 1835.
603 xi Sarah, b. 17 Oct., 1836.
604) xii Laura Artemesia, b. 27 Feb., 1840.
SIXTH GENERATION 273
301 REV. BENJAMIN BAXTERS, son of Gershom'* and
Sarah (Allen) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 28 May, 1795;
died in North Plains, Mich., 2 Jan., 1855; married in Mexico, N.
Y., 3 Sept., 1827, Sophia Cowing, born in Chesterfield, Mass., 18
Sept., 1802; died in North Plains, 18 Aug., 1881. He was a
Baptist minister and farmer.
Children, the 3 youngest probably born in Shiawassee, Mich., the others
in Penn.:
1 George Allen', b. 30 Dec, 1829; d. in Blair, Neb., 8 Jan., 1886;
m. (1) Margaret Hawley; m. (2) ; was a farmer,
contractor and teacher. Ch. :
1 Martha^, m.; res. Oklahoma.
2 Clarence S., b. in Blair, 1868; m. 1894; farmer and con-
tractor; res. Gushing Oklahoma.
3 Carroll, d.
4 Ollie, m. ; res. Oklahoma.
ii Benjamin Keene, b. April, 1833; m. 14 Nov., 1858, Mary J.
Dalzell; farmer, res. Muir, Mich. Ch.:
1 Elmer William^ b. 22 Oct., 1861.
2 Mary E., b. 27 Aug., 1865; m. 1896, Moses Merithew; res.
Muir.
3 George B., b. 25 Sept., 1879; m. 1900, Lottie Ely. Ch.: Lilia
M.», b. 30 Jan., 1901.
iii Martin A., b. 15 May, 1836; d. 20 Jan., 1885, s. p.; m. (1) Par-
meha Conklin; m. (2) Mary Zimmerman, who d. 1890; res.
North Plains,
iv Noble S., b. 23 June, 1838; m. 10 Aug., 1862, Elsie Howe, b. 25
Dec, 1841; res. Battle Creek, Mich. Ch.:
1 Rhoda 8?, b. 13 Feb., 1866; m. 10 Aug., 1885, Harley M.
Dunlap, M. D.
V Addie M. S., b. 24 June, 1840; m. William Frost of Fenwick,
Mich., who d. Ch. (Frost):
1 Carrie J?, b. 11 Sept., 1874.
2 Major E., b. 28 Dec, 1876.
302 ALVIN LUCAS«, son of Gershom^ and Sarah (Allen)
Brigham; born in Winchester, N. H., 21 Oct., 1798; died in Rox-
bury, Vt., 8 May, 1870; married, in 1820, Flora H., daughter of
Timothy Baxter; born in Berlin, Vt., 21 July, 1804; died in Lowell,
Mass., 29 April, 1871. He was a farmer.
Children :
i Flora Ann', b. in BerUn, 13 Sept., 1822; d. 14 Aug., 1844.
ii Alvin Ozro, b. 11 Feb., 1824; d. s. p., 25 March, 1865; was in
the Civil War, and shot on picket duty, before Petersburg, Va.;
m. 11 May, 1854, Lomelia, dau. of James Cady of Alstead,
N. H.; b. 25 May, 1829; she m. (2) Bickford, and res.
a widow in Hyde Park, Mass.
605 iii William Baxter, b. 17 Nov., 1826.
iv Alphonso Rice, b. 22 Jan., 1829; d. 7 Feb., 1841.
V Maria Sarah, b. 23 Sept., 1830; m. 1 June, 1867, Newton C.
Dodge; res. s. p., Lowell, Mass.
274 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vi Alonzo Gleason, b. 5 Oct., 1835; d. unm., 3 Jan., 1883.
vii Son, d. y.
viii Aurora Cordelia, b. in Roxbury, 11 Sept., 1840; d. s. p., in
LoweU, Mass., in 1892; m. 8 Aug., 1863, George Cooper, who
was killed in the Civil War, in Kingston, N. C.
ix Don Alphonso, b. 7 Nov., 1845; d. unm., 18 March, 1866. He
was in the Civil War.
X Lomelia Ann, b. 24 Oct., 1848; d. 23 March, 1901; m. 2 July,
1871, George E. Maker; res. Lowell, where he was a merchant.
He was b. in Maine. Ch. (Maker), b. in LoweU:
1 Elizabeth Florence'^, b. 17 May, 1872; d. unm.
3 Don Eugene, b. 18 Feb., 1874; d. 12 July, 1898.
3 George Alfred Brigham, b. 23 March, 1889.
303 REBECCA M.% daughter of Gershom^ and Sarah (Allen)
Brigham; born in Winchester, N. H., 27 Feb., 1802; died 1872;
married, 30 March, 1820, John Kneeland. They resided in Strikely,
Canada, and moved to Rochester, Ind.
Children {Kneeland), born in Strikely :
i John Allen', b. 5 Jan., 1821; res. unm., a farmer. Areata, Cal.
ii Benjamin Merrill, b. 28 Aug., 1822.
iii Albert Cheney, b. 27 June, 1824; d. 12 March, 1845.
iv Hannah Maria, b. 27 April, 1826; m. (1) Abel Greenwood; m.
(2) James C. Feeley. Ch. (Greenwood):
1 Laura^; 2 Abel, res. Columbus, O.
Ch. (Feeley):
3 James, res. Mason City, la.
V Sylva, b. 15 Nov., 1828; m. Royal Kennedy. Ch. (Kennedy):
i Mandana^, m. A. M. Brinkerhoff of Garwin, la.
2 Cynthia, m. James E. Blanchard of Oakland, Cal.
3 Cyrus M., of Humphrey, Neb. Has. ch.: i Roy% ii Edna; iii
William; iv Asa.
4 Edwin A., res. Jewell, Kan.
5 Laura R., res. Stockton, Cal. Ch.: i EroP; ii Inez.
6 Eva 8.
7 Clara B., d. y.
vi Sarah Rebecca, b. 20 Jan., 1831 ; m. Mr. Abrams of Winterset, la.
vii Asa K., b. 14 Feb., 1833; d. 7 March, 1845.
viii Gilbert B., b. 9 Jan., 1835; res. Areata, Cal. Has ch.:
1 Cynthia 7.^• 2 Lydia L.; 3 Oscar E.; 4 Herman M.; 5
Viola B.
ix Mandana P., b. 9 Sept., 1837; m. John Smith of Areata, Cal.
Ch. (Smith):
1 Udella^; 2 Rebecca E., m. Aaron F. Nelson of Sciota, Cal.;
3 Lasa K.; 4 Ellis S.; 5 Byron M.
X Lydia L., b. 15 Nov., 1839; m. Thomas Kennedy of Ingallston,
Neb. Ch. (Kennedy):
1 Gilbert^; 2 William; 3 Mary E.; 4 Eudora E.; 5 Robert L.;
6 Alta E.; 7 Udellus E.
xi Laura A., b. 6 Dec, 1841 ; d. 26 Jan., 1843.
304- ELIZABETH^, daughter of Stephen^ and Hannah (Field)
Brigham; born in Mansfield, Conn.; died there, 1845; married.
1798, Samuel Augustus Spalding of M., who died 1824.
SIXTH GENERATION 275
Mr. Spalding kept a hotel for many years in Mansfield.
Children (Spalding), born in Mansfield:
i Samuel Augustus", b. 1800; d. 1880.
ii Brigham, b. .3 June, 1805; d. 6 Nov., 1887; m. (1) Lucretia
Loveridge; m. (ii) Dulcena Adams. Ch.:
1 Henry", m. (1) i?3 Sept., 1863, L. M. Thomas; m. (2) 22
Nov., 1875, Rebecca Wyeth of Montclair, N. J.; he d. s. p.,
35 Nov., 1875, while on his wedding tour; was a New York
importer.
2 Augusta, b. in Woonsocket, R. I., 22 Oct., 1845; m. 8 April,
1868, Allen Adams; res. s. p., Spencer, Mass.
iii Franklin, b. 1807; d. 18T0.
iv Ursula, b. 15 Aug., 1809; d. unm., 14 Dec, 1861.
305 STEPHEN% son of Stephen^ and Hannah (Field) Brig-
ham; born in Mansfield, Conn., 5 Feb., 1774; died — ; mar-
ried (1) Huldah Freeman; married (2) Elizabeth Huntington; at
the time Morse published the Brigham genealogy, he resided, in
his 86th year, in Mansfield, Conn.
Children:
i Mary Ann', m. Chester Royce; res. Weathersfield, Vt.
ii Betsey, m. April, 1827, Horace Nye of Tolland, Conn.; res., his
widow, Mansfield, Conn,
iii Julia, m. 26 March, 1833, Otis Sweet of No. Coventry, Conn.,
who d. ; she res. Mansfield,
iv John, b. 2Q April, 1810; was a merchant in Boston; unm. in
the late fifties,
v William Pitt, b. 16 March, 1813; m. Anna Fuller; was a mer-
chant in Boston; his widow res. on Newbury Street, Boston. Ch.:
1 Anna F."
2 Mary T.
306 ALEXANDER^ son of Thomas" and Susanna (Eels)
Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 26 Jan., 1770; died in German,
N. Y., 30 July, 1839; married, in Bernardston, Mass., in 1795,
Sarah Whitten, born in Wareham, Conn., 11 July, 1770; died in
Brownsville, N. Y., 29 Aug., 1828. ISIoved to Brownsville, N. Y.,
in I8I9. For a time, he kept a hotel in Perch River, N. Y.
Children, the 2 elder horn in Buckland, Mass., the others in Richfield,
N. Y.:
606 i Sarah', b. 11 Sept., 1796.
ii Anne, b. 25 Dec, 1798; m. John W. Edwards of Limerick, N. Y.
Ch. (Edwards), b. in Limerick:
1 William O?, b. 17 March, 1830; m. Harriet McComber; res.
Niles, Mich.
2 Sarah C, b. 11 May, 1832; m. O. C. Rounds; res. Niles,
Mich.
3 Mary M., b. 12 March, 1834; m. Henry Barber; res. Hounds-
ville, N. Y.
4 Hiram A., b. 30 May, 1836; m. Angelina Dickey; res. Niles,
Mich.
5 Eliza Ann, b. 30 July, 1838; d. v.
276 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
6 Helen A., b. 23 Nov., 1840.
iii William, b. 11 Nov., 1801; d. 1809.
iv Fanny, b. 23 Feb., 1805; m. Martin Watson; resided in German,
N. Y. ; she later went to Michigan, and lived there during her
widowhood; date of death unknown; had 6 sons.
607 V George, b. 6 March, 1808.
vi Eunice, b. 18 Dec, 1810; d. in California; m. Lucius Lummerce
of Syracuse; had 2 sons who res. in California.
307 ORLEANS% son of Thomas^ and Susanna (Eels) Brig-
ham; born in Coventry, Conn., 10 Dec., 1773; died in Willet, N.
Y., 6 June, 1864; married Mercy Stafford, who died in Willet, 2
Aug., 1862, ae. 80. He was an engineer and farmer, and was in
the War of 1812.
Children, horn in Willett:
1 Orleans', b. 1792; d. s. p., in Willet, 10 Jan., 1864; m. Mercy E.
Burt, a farmer,
ii Eunice, b. 1815; d. in Upper Lisle, N. Y., 10 Aug., 1887, ae. 72;
m. Hiram Snow. Ch. (Snow) :
1 Fanny L?; 2 Hannah M.; 3 Mary J.; 4 Eunice M.
iii John, b. 1817; d. unm., in Willet, 12 April, 1861; a carpenter,
iv Catherine, b. 1820; d. in McDonough, N. Y., 28 Jan., 1901, ae. 80;
m. Fenner Darling. Ch. (Darling) :
1 Thomas^- 2 Milton; 3 Mary; 4 Joel; 5 Ellen; 6 Addie;
7 Emery; 8 Elsie.
V Henry, b. 1823; d. in Preston, N. Y., 8 April, 1902, se. 79; a
farmer; m. Elizabeth McNeil. Ch.:
1 Henry^, m. Van Horn; res. unknown. Ch.: i Perley*,
m. ; res. Whitney Point, N. Y.; ii Mary.
vi Archibald, b. 1825; d. in Willet, 7 April, 1865; a farmer; m.
Esther Rooks. Ch.:
1 Hirarn^; a carpenter, unm., res. Cincinnatus. N. Y.
2 Ida A.
3 Harriet L.
vii Thomas, d. unm., ae. 21.
viii Hiram, d. in Ulysses, Pa.; a blacksmith; m. Larissa Lewis. Ch.:
1 John^; res. Addison, Pa.; 2 Perry; res. Ulysses.
3 Collins.
ix Royal, left home when a young man, and was never heard from.
X Diantha, m. Hill; had a family.
xi Ruth, d. s. p, Oxford, N. Y., Feb., 1862; m. Russell Willoughby.
308 DON FERDINAND^ son of Thomas^ and Susanna
(Eels) Brigham, born in Coventry, Conn., about 1776; died in
Tolland, Conn., 29 Sept., 1867; married, 7 Nov., 1802, Lois, daugh-
ter of Elias Palmer of Coventry. He was a farmer and shoemaker.
Children, born in Coventry:
i Sarepta^ m. Elmer Barrows of Willington, Conn. Ch. (Barrows) :
1 Brigham^, res. Coventry; 2 Sarepta, m. Bugbee; 3
Henrietta, m. (1) Harrison Grant; m. (2) ; res. Phila-
delphia; 2 ch., Emily* and Minnie; 4 Walter, lawyer, Vineland,
N. J.
SIXTH GENERATION 277
ii John Palmer, b. 6 Dec, 1806; d. in WilUngton, 10 May, 1891; m. (1)
1833, Lurancy Johnson, who d. 1838; m. (2) 1839, Emily Waldo,
who d. 1889. He was a farmer. Ch. (by first wife) :
1 Daughter^, d. y.; 2 Daughter, d. y. Ch. (by second wife)
probably b. in Willington.
3 Frances Ann, b. 12 July, 1840; d. 1 June, 1858.
4 John Palmer, b. 4 Jan., 1843; d. 12 Sept., 1844.
5 Ferdinand Palmer, b. 25 Sept., 1844; d. 8 May, 1845.
6 Henrietta Eliza, b. 8 May, 1846; m. Albert Field, M. D., East-
hampton, Ct.
7 Mary Isabella, b. 2 June, 1848; m. Adolph Korper, So. Willing-
ton.
8 Charlotte Bomelia, b. 27 Oct., 1850; unm.
608 iii Lewis, b. 22 March, 1809.
iv Eunice Susan, m. Albert Newcomb; moved to Missouri; had 3 sons
and 2 daus.; 2 sons killed in Civil War.
V Austin, b. 24 Jan., 1816; d. in Hartford, Conn., 4 Jan., 1890;
m. 3 Jan., 1842, Rhoda Champion, b. in Lebanon, Conn., 15 Sept.,
1812; d. in Hartford, 29 March, 1890; res. a farmer in Coventry.
Ch., born there:
1 Addie Champion^, b. 27 March, 1843; m. 15 Jan., 1868, William
H., son of John J. White, b. in Hartford, 8 Jan., 1822; d. 7
April, 1884. Ch. (White): i William H.», d. y.; ii Herbert
Brigham, b. 30 May, 1874; iii Addie Viola, b. 3 April, 1878.
vi Eliza Stowe, b. 21 Sept., 1818; d. unm., 31 May, 1889.
vii Wealthy Jane, b. 12 Sept., 1821 ; m. Rufus W. Tilden of Mansfield,
Conn. Ch. (Tilden):
1 Augusta R^., unm.; 2 Mary Jane, unm.; 3 Kate, m. Edward
Dimock; res. s. p., Mansfield Depot, Conn.; 4 Rufus Webster,
res. Norwich, Conn,
viii Henrietta, d. young.
309 ROYAL**, son of Thomas^ and Susanna (Eels) Brigham;
born in Coventry, Conn., 27 Sept., 1779; died 27 March, 1858;
married, Aug., 1804, Hannah Tracy of Lisbon; born in 1777; died
1861. He went from Connecticut to Norwich, Vt., where he spent
the rest of his life.
Children, the second and third bom in Norwich:
609 i Royal', b. 17 July, 1805.
ii Jedediah Thomas, b. 24 Sept., 1811; d. in Norwich, unm., 13 Jan.,
1875.
Iii Lucy Ann, b. 1 Sept., 1816; d. in Norwich, unm., 9 May, 1900.
310 THOMAS S.«, M. D., son of Lt.-Gov. PauP and Lydia
(Sawyer) Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 23 March, 1769;
died in Wayne, Kennebec Co., Me., 6 May, 1844; married (1)
PoUy, daughter of Gen. James Dana of Mansfield (or Lebanon).
Conn., and afterward of Cobleskill, N. Y. (who commanded a
company at the battle of Bunker Hill and served seven years in
the Revolutionary Army, which he left with the rank of Major) ;
married (2) Mary French of So. Hampton, N. H.
278 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Dr. Brigham removed to Norwich when thirteen years of age and
was graduated from the Medical College in Hanover, N. H., and be-
came celebrated in his profession. About 1809 he removed to
Wayne, Me.
Children (by first loife), probably all born in Norwich:
610 i PoIly% b. 21 July, 1794.
611 ii Lucia, b. 8 March, 1796.
iii Laura, b. 13 Oct., 1800; m. 8 July, 1835, Luman McClintock, b. 2
May, 1803; res. Manchester, N. H. Ch. (McClintock):
1 'charlotte Jane\ b. 23 June, 1826; m. 18 June, 1848, Henry
H, Summers; res. Manchester, N. H. Ch. (Summers): i
Luman H.", b. 11 May, 1849; ii CaroHne H., b. 8 Oct., 1851;
iii Clarence H., twin to Caroline, d. 3 June, 1858; iv Fred E.,
b. 7 Feb., 1854; v Charlotte A., b. 29 Aug., 1857.
2 Elizabeth, b. 2 April, 1829.
3 Caroline, b. 11 May, 1833.
4 William G., b. 27 Jan., 1838; m. 4 Dec, 1858, Elizabeth M.
Davis; res. Manchester.
5 Luman B., b. 29 July, 1844; was a printer in Manchester.
iv Charles, b. in 1806; d. at home of son in Iowa, about 1875; m.
. Ch.:
1 Sidney^, d. young in Lowell, Mass.
2 George, res. Nevada, la.
612 V James Dana, b. — .
vi Thomas Jefferson, d. young.
Children ( by second wife ) :
vii Hannah, b. 1814; d. 17 Oct., 1849; m. Dr. Joseph Snelling
Bishop (a des. of Edward Bishop of Salem, Mass., 1645) of
Newport, Me. Ch. (Bishop):
1 Julia^, b. in Newport; m. Alfred Tuck, who d. 24 Dec, 1897.
Ch. (Tuck): Alfred^ of Kennebunkport, Me.
2 Thomas Brigham, b. 29 June, 1835; m. 1866, Sarah Ann Shiv-
ers, b. 4 Nov., 1847; was a broker in New York and Boston;
a member of the Apollo Club. Ch. : Clarence Brigham% b. 11
July, 1869.
viii Thomas Chandler, d. s. p.
ix Mary Jane.
X Sarah.
xi Joseph, b. in Weld, Me.; m. . Ch., the 2 elder, names
unknown; perhaps others, also:
3 Thomas Saivyer^, b. in Weld, Me., 3 Oct., 1845; d. in W.
Foxboro, Mass., 10 Dec, 1898; m. 16 Nov., 1873, Lois Ann,
dau. of Amos Kimball, b. in Newton, N. H., 3 June, 1851 ; res.
W. Foxboro. Ch.: i Nettie Gertrude*, b. 2 Nov., 1874; ii
Thomas Sawyer, b. 12 Nov., 1875; iii Amos Leslie, b. 31 Jan.,
1877; iv Joseph Howard, b. 5 March, 1878; v Chester Goodell,
b. 14 Jan., 1881; vi Ohve L., b. 14 Feb., 1889; vii Lewis W.,
b. 22 May, 1890; viii Mary Elsie, b. 15 July, 1891; d. 4 Oct.,
1891; ix Fanny M., b. 6 June, 1893; d. 15 Sept., 1895.
311 DON JOSEPHUS% son of Lt.-Gov. PauP and Lydia
(Sawyer) Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 24 March, 1774;
died in Norwich, Vt., 28 Dec, 1856, ae. 82; married Anna Wright,
SIXTH GENERATION 279
born in 1776; died 9 May, 1854. He resided in Norwich, Vt. The
male line is extinct.
Children, born in Norwich, Vt. :
i Sophia', b. 20 Oct., 1797; died in Norwich, s. p., 21 Aug., 1883;
m. Samuel Wright; res. Norwich.
ii Cynthia, b. 24 July, 1799; d. ; m. Thomas Emerson of
Ridgway, N. Y. Ch. (Emerson) :
1 George^; 2 Ann; 3 Thomas; 4 Sophia; 5 Mar;/ L., b. 14 Feb.,
1833; m. Oderkirk; res. Oak Orcliard, N. Y.; 6
Edward; 7 Charles; 8 Isabella, d. 7 June, 1864.
iii Nancy, b. 3 July, 1801; d. unm., 9 Nov., 1887.
iv Phebe C, b. 20 " July, 1803; d. 16 May, 1823.
V Lydia S., b. 19 April, 1805; d. unm., in Norwich, 27 Nov., 1891.
vi Olive, b. 26 March, 1807; d. in N., 9 March, 1885; m. 12 April,
1827, Stephen, son of Michael Blaisdell of Norwich; b. in Plain-
field, N. H., 6 June, 1801; d. 4 Feb., 1854. Ch. (Blaisdell), b.
in Norwich:
1 Egbert^ h. 20 Dec, 1827; m. (1) Mary C. Hilton; m. (2)
Melissa Russ. Ch. (by 1st wife) : i BelP, m. Chas. W. Worman
of Centerville, la. Ch. (by 2d wife): ii Carrie; iii Dennis;
iv and v d. y. ; vi Egbert, res. Norwich.
2 George, b. 7 Sept., 1829; m. Mary D. Houghton. Ch.: i
Lizzie^; ii Nettie; iii Abel; iv Bessie, d. y. He res. Lowell,
Mass.
3 Ellen, b. 9 March, 1831 ; d. 183—.
4 Mary E., b. 20 Jan., 1833; m. George Burton; res. s. p.,
Norwich.
5 Elizabeth, b. 2 Nov., 1834; m. Frank Norton; 1 ch., d. y.; res.
Norwich.
6 Franklin, b. 24 July, 1836; m. Lucy M. Frink.
7 Edward, b. 22 Sept., 1838; m. Ellen Mattoon; 2 ch., d. y.; res.
Fitchburg, Mass.
8 Henry, h. 28 Sept., 1841 ; d. 1860.
9 Amanda, b. 20 May, 1844; m. (1) Charles C. Davis; m. (2)
George Bemis. Ch. (Bemis): Harland", res. Providence, R. I.
vii Don A., b. 24 May, 1809; d. 23 Jan., 1894; m. in 1834, Susan R.
Amsden, b. in 1814; d. 1879; res. Norwich. Ch.:
1 Helen i^.^ b. 27 April, 1838; d. 21 Aug., 1845.
2 Eva, b. and d. 1840.
3 Susan J., b. 25 Jan., 1842; d. 30 Sept., 1845.
4 Joseph A., b. 16 Jan., 1844; d. 6 Jan., 1845.
5 Anna T., b. 14 Jan., 1846; m. Nahum Turner of Norwich;
s. p.
6 Walter L., h. 23 March, 1848; d. 1864.
7 Mary E., b. 17 Nov., 1850; d. 1864.
8 Grace F., b. 29 Oct., 1852; d. 10 Sept., 1853.
9 Edgar, h. 3 Aug., 1854; d. March, 1863.
10 Nina A., b. 25 Nov., 1856; d. March, 1863.
viii Elvira, b. 17 July, 1811; d. in Lebanon, N. H., 12 April, 1893;
m. 8 Nov., 1832, James Bly, Jr., b. in Norwich, 1 Aug., 1805; res.
Lebanon, N. H., where he d. 29 Jan., 1888. Ch. (Bly), the 3 eldest
b. in Norwich, the others in Lebanon:
1 James Brigham\ b. 4 Jan., 1834; d. 13 Oct., 1863; m. in 1856,
Marion Lester of Montreal, P. Q.
280 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
2 Henry Osgood, b. 20 Oct., 1838; m. 31 Dec, 1878, in Hanover,
N. H., Helen A. Boutwell; res. there, s. p., in 1903.
3 Harriet Osgood, twin to Henry; d. 28 Oct., 1839.
4 Ella Katherine, b. 29 Aug., 1845; m. 21 Nov., 1867, James
,, , E. Warner of Lebanon. Ch. (Warner): Harriet E.*^ b. 26
"' ;v Oct., 1870; res. Ashburnham, Mass.
5 Infant, b. 29 Nov., 1847; d. ibid.
312 PAUL WOOSTER«. son of Lt.-Gov. Paul^ and Lydia
(Sawyer) Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn., 26 Oct., 1776; died
in Norwich, Vt., 3 Jan., 1865, se. 89; married, 22 Feb., 1801, Mary
Ayers of Haverhill, Mass.; born 16 March, 1782; died 28 Sept.,
1869.
When his father moved from Coventry to Norwich, Vt., he rode
on horseback behind his mother, at the age of 6 years. Resided for
a time in Sharon, Vt., whence he went as representative to the
General Court in 1804. Was a merchant. Inherited the home-
stead of his father, in Norwich, and in Morse's time was living
there, se. 83, and gave considerable assistance to that genealogist
in his work.
Children, the 3 eldest horn in Sharon, the others in Norwich, Vt.:
613 1 Paul Wooster^ b. 2 Nov., 1802.
ii George, b. 17 June, 1804; res. Norwich, Vt., where d. 26 Jan.,
1833; m. Elizabeth Trull of Roxburj, Mass. Ch.:
1 George C.^ b. in Norwich, 28 Jan., 1833; m. Abbie Willie
of Roxbury, Mass.; res. Worcester and Holden, Mass. Ch.:
1 George W.», b. 16 Sept., 1856; d. in Boston, 1901; m. 25
Aug., 1883, Lottie E. Spurr; ii Lizzie E., b. Aug., 1860; m.
H. C. Chapel,
ill Mary, b. 25 May, 1806; died in Norwich, 14 Nov., 1828; m.
Oct., 1826, Oliver* S. Buell of Norwich. Ch. (Buell) :
1 Lorer?, res. Westville, N. Y.
614 iv William, b. 20 March, 1808.
v Catherine, b. 23 July, 1810; d. 12 Oct., 1883; m. 26 Dec., 1832,
Edwin Hebard, b. in Lebanon, N. H., 27 Aug., 1806; d. in Nor-
wich, 8 April, 1878. Ch. (Hebard), b. in Norwich:
1 Lucius C.^, b. 2 Feb., 1835; m. Susan Eastman; res. Norwich.
Ch.: i Mary"; ii Emma.
2 Susan E., b. 22 Aug., 1838; res. s. p., Norwich; m. 1 Jan.,
1857, Curtis C. Sawyer, b. 1825.
3 George B., b. 2 Aug., 1840; d. unm., July, 1867.
vi Louisa, b. May, 1813; d. 17 April, 1875; m. Oliver S. Buell (as
his second wife) of Westville, N. Y. Ch. (BueU) :
1 William B.^, b. Nov., 1832; res. E. Constable, N. Y.
615 vii James A., b. 24 June, 1816.
vlii Adaline E., b. 14 May, 1819; d. 28 April, 1885; m. 1 April, 1850,
Alvin Pratt of Manchester, N. H. Ch. (Pratt), b. in Manchester:
1 Ella A.^, b. 30 Jan., 1852; m. R. S. Wallace of Manchester;
s. p.
2 Mary P., b. Feb., 1855; d. ae. 2.
SIXTH GENERATION 281
ix Albert, b. 21 April, 1823; m. in 1845, Harriet Harriden, who
d. 11 Oct., 1900; res. in 1903 in Manchester. Ch.:
1 Albert^, b. and d. in 1855.
2 Josephine E., h. in 1857; m. in 1886, D. J. Adams of Manches-
ter. Ch. (Adams) : Albert', d. y.
313 CHARLES^ son of Don Carlos^ and Mary (or Polly)
(Greenleaf) Brigham; born in Mansfield, Conn., 29 Jan., 1797;
died in Woodstock, Vt., where resided, 10 Jan., 1836: married, 7
Nov., 1824, Betsey Royce, born in Woodstock, 3 June, 1796; she
married (2), 21 Feb., 1821, Elisha Morey, and died in Coventry,
Conn., 15 April, 1862.
Children, born as indicated:
616 i Charles Frederick', b. in Woodstock, 13 Nov., 1825.
ii Laura Kendall, b. 2 Nov., 1828, in Coventry, Conn.; m. 1 Jan.,
1852, Edwin Cyrus Hoadley, b. in Mansfield, Vt., 7 March, 1828; d.
in So. Woodstock, Vt, 6 April, 1880. Ch. (Hoadley), b. in So.
Woodstock :
1 Mary Elizabeth^ b. 5 Oct., 1852; d. 19 Jan., 1865.
2 Jason Kendall, b. 23 Dec, 1857; m. 13 Jan., 1881, Julia Ara-
bella Lincoln, b. 8 Jan., 1859; ch.: i Walter E.', d. y.; ii Edith
L., b. 28 Dec, 1887; iii Forrest H., b. 15 March, 1895.
3 Albert Edwin, h. 7 Oct., 1871; unm.
iii Norman Carlos, b. in Mansfield, Conn., 8 Sept., 1835; m. 16
April, 1860, Mary Chase. Ch.:
1 Don Carlos^, b. 30 March, 1861 ; m. 10 July, 1881, EUa Corbett.
Ch.: i Ruth', b. 13 Nov., 1882; d. in infancy; ii Maud Ella,
b. 3 April, 1884; iii Cora L., b. 9 Dec, 1885; d. 9 Dec, 1900.
314 DANIEL R.^, son of Cephas^ and Amelia (Robertson)
Brigham; born in South Coventry, Conn., 6 Aug., 1795; died about
1865; married Eliza, daughter of George Needham; born in Staf-
ford, Conn., 6 Jan., 1796; resided in South Coventry, where he
died, 3 Dec., 1854.
Children, born in South Coventry:
i Daniel Watson% b. 6 April, 1821; d. in WiUiamsburg, Nr Y.; m.
EUzabeth Brownell. Ch.:
1 Mary A.^; 2 Marshall W.; 3 Anna E.; 4 James B.
ii Henry Gray, b. 13 April, 1823; d. in Rockville, Conn., ;
m. Mary A. Dimock; s. p.
iii Emily Wright, b. 1 Nov., 1836; m. (1) Lorin Edgarton; m. (2)
A. H. Brown; d. his widow, in Hartford, Conn., 20 Jan., 1901.
iv Frederick Benton, b. 13 April, 1829; died in New York; m.
Jane Smith. Ch.:
1 Frederick E.^j 2 Charles.
617 V George N., b. 2 May, 1831.
vi Edwin G., b. also 2 May, 1831 ; m. Sophronia Nye. Ch. :
1 Henry^.
315 EDWIN G.®, son of Cephas^ and Amelia (Robertson)
Brigham; born in Coventry, Conn.; died in Hartford, Conn., Feb.,
282 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1896; married Mariette Perrin, who died in Worcester, Mass.,
July, 1895. He resided in Vernon, Conn.
Children, born in Vernon:
i Arthur Lee^ m. 17 April, 1873, Louise Hecker; res. New York.
Ch.:
1 Kafherine^, b. 14 Aug., 1874.
Q Edna M., b. 22 Aug., 1885.
ii Elbert, d. in Worcester, May, 1895.
iii Mary, d. 1858, se. 2^.
316 PETERS son of Hosea^ and Catherine (Davis) Brigham;
born Hubbardston, Mass., 2 Oct., 1781; married, 27 Oct.. 1808,
Mary Shirley. He died in Roxbury, Mass.
Children :
i William E.', b. ; d. Jan., 1889; m. Catherine Gay,
who d. 29 Oct., 1900. Ch.:
1 William^, d. .
2 Augustus, d. .
3 Justin, m. ; res. Worcester, Mass., and was living,
1905; dau. Myra J.»
4 Sarah J., b. 24 Nov., 1832; d. s. p., 25 Feb., 1902; m. 4
Jan., 1854, Capt. Augustus Ford, and res. Dorchester, Mass.;
she was interested in the B. F. A., and a member at the time
of death.
5 Louisa, d.
6 Juliette, d.
ii, iii, iv and v have not been reported.
317 JOSEPH% son of Hosea^ and Catherine (Davis> Brig-
ham; born in Hubbardston, Mass., 9 Aug., 1785; died there, 18
Oct., 1864; married, 26 Feb., 1823, Rebecca (Brown) Lamb, who
died 23 March, 1863. Resided in Hubbardston. The male line is
extinct.
Children, bom in Hubbardston:
i Mary R.', b. 13 Jan., 1824; m. 30 Sept., 1845, Asa Bennett of
Hubbardston. Ch. (Bennett), b. in Hubbardston:
1 FredeHck\ b. 30 Nov., 1846; d. 12 Aug., 1848.
2 Mary Lizzie, b. 16 Dec, 1849; m. 20 Aug., 1872, Howard
McAllister of Chicago, III.
ii Elizabeth, b. 27 April, 1828; m. 10 Nov., 1864, Alden Pollard of
Hubbardston; he m. (1) Elizabeth Green, who had James A.
PoUard, b. 1854, res. Leominster, Mass. Ch. (Pollard), b. in
Hubbardston:
1 Mabel Alden\ b. 25 Dec, 1866.
2 Frederick Eugene, b. 21 March, 1871.
318 ASA% son of JoeP and Elizabeth (Maynard) Brigham;
born in Sudbury, Mass., 16 Feb., 1785; died there, 20 March, 1856;
married Olive Gardner, who died 23 Feb., 1863.
Children:
i Sherman% b. 4 Jan., 1812; d. 7 July, 1876.
ii Sylvanus, b. 25 Aug., 1813; d. 10 Jan., 1860.
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iii Rufus, b. 16 April, 1815; d. 26 Feb., 1881.
iv Henry, b. 27 Sept., 1816; d. 27 March, 1854.
V Charles, b. 16 April, 1818; d. 15 Feb., 1863.
vi Maria, b. 5 May, 1819; d. 23 Jan., 1884; m. Thomas Cousens.
Ch. : (Cousens):
1 Oeorye^.
vii Dennis, b. 23 Nov., 1820,
viii Christopher, b. 24 Feb., 1822; m. Eliza Tupper, and had 3 ch.
ix Lucy A., b. 1 April, 1824; m. Lorenzo F. Wood. Ch. (Wood):
1 Uenry^; 2 Charles; 3 Ann Maria, who m. John Bevins of
London, Eng.
X Olive A., b. 24 Feb., 1826; d. y.
xi Olive A., b. 24 May, 1827; m. (1) Francis W. Ayers; m. (2)
D. W. Carville. Ch. (Ayers):
1 Adelaide A.\ m. C. X. Dalton.
2 Henri/ W., m. Fanny Trefethen; has ch.: Henry W.°
xii Candice, b. 25 Dec, 1830; m. Thomas Sweet; has 2 ch.
xiii Andrew J., b. 25 Dec, 1832; m. .
xiv Sarah J., b. 9 June, 1834; d. 21 Aug., 1863; m. Rufus Harvey..
Ch. (Harvey):
1 Thiirber^; 2 Lizzie.
319 JOEL'', son of JoeP and Elizabeth (Maynard) Brigham;
born in Sudbury, Mass., l6 March, 1788; died in Deerfield, Mass.,
where he resided, 16 Nov., 1829; married Elizabeth Brown, born
14 Oct., 1789 in Sudbury. He was a farmer.
Children, the 2 eldest born in Sudbury, the 7 youngest in Deerfield:
i Emily^ b. 17 Nov., 1812; d. 27 Feb., 1896; m. 24 April, 1845,
William Smith of Conway, Mass. Ch. (Smith) :
1 3Iaria Antoinette , b. 13 March, 1846; d. 18 Feb., 1849.
2 Oscar Allen, b. 23 Dec, 1847; d. 4 March, 1872.
3 George Elliot, b. 30 June, 1850; d. 23 Nov., 1881; m. Annie
Underwood. Ch.: Nettie A.', m. Frank Gordon of Peekskill,
N. Y.
618 ii Abel, b. 11 Jan., 1814.
iii Charles, b. 23 April, 1815; d. s. p., date uncertain.
iv Dana, b. 23 Nov., 1816; d. 5 July, 1888; res. Deerfield, a farmer.
V Elbridge G., b. 27 Aug., 1818; d. in Deerfield, 30 Nov., 1875;
m. (1) 8 May, 1849, Martha L. Smith, who d. 24 Jan., 1861, se.
32; m. (2) Rebecca, dau. of Erastus Barret, and wid. of Frank
Goodnough; a farmer, res. Deerfield. Ch. (by first wife), b. in
Deerfield :
1 Frank S.^ b. 8 Feb., 1858; m. 31 March, 1888, Clara A.
Smith; res. E. Deerfield, a farmer. Ch.: i Dwight% b. 12
March, 1889; ii Daisy, b. 3 March, 1890.
vi Joel, b. 23 April, 1820; d. unm., 26 July, 1889; a farmer, res.
Deerfield.
viii Cephas, b. 26 Dec, 1821; d. in Newton, Mass., 31 Oct., 1890;
m. 1846, Lucy E. Graves, who d. 11 July, 1887; res. Montague,
Dedham and Boston, Mass.; a teacher, lawyer, trial justice and
1st lieutenant,
ix Leander, b. 23 March, 1823; d. in Montague, Mass., 19 June,
1888; m. Ehza . He enlisted in Co. G, 56th Mass.
Infantry, Civil War; a farmer. Ch.:
284 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Mary E.^, m. Felix McCue; res. Millers Falls, Mass.
2 Julia, m. W. E. Morrison; res. Greenfield, Mass.
3 Hattie M., res. Montague.
4 Edgar C, res. Montague.
X Lorenzo, b. 26 Sept., 1834; d. in Deerfield, where res. 28 Dec,
1893; m. ; a farmer. Ch. :
1 Herbert S.^, res. Deerfield; 2 Lillie; 3 Minnie; 4 Leslie; 5
Nettie.
xi Horace, b. 31 March, 1828; d. in Deerfield, where res. 12 Aug.,
1896; m. Sophronia Kent. Ch.:
1 George^; 2 Dorr; 3 William; 4 Dwight.
320 POLLYS daughter of JoeP and Elizabeth (Maynard)
Brigham; born in Sunbury, Mass., 9 Dc, 1792; maridtd, 2 Nov.,
1820, Capt. Thomas Stearns, born in Leominster, Mass., 1 April,
1794; (he married [1], June, 1817, Thirza Burrage, dau. of
Dea. Williams, who died s. p., 1819). Was a tanner and currier
and resided in Leominster.
Children (Stearns), born in Leominster:
i William Alonzo', b. 14 Aug., 1821; d. 27 Dec, 1901; m. Mary
Schutte; res. Boston.
ii Oliver, b. 1 March, 1823; d. 1 Oct., 1898; m. 27 Oct., 1847,
Charlotte A. Whitcomb; 1 ch., d. y.
iii George, b. 16 March, 1826; d. 19 April, 1826.
iv Thirza, b. 28 Sept., 1827; d. 20 Sept., 1846.
V Henry, b. 19 Aug., 1829; d. in L., 14 Jan., 1882; m. 7 Sept,
1852, Mary A. Phipps of Holliston, Mass.; a man of solid worth;
in the coal, ice and teaming business in Leominster. Ch.:
1 Clara Viola^ b. 25 June, 1853; m. Wilbur F., son of T.
Dwight Wood; b. in Westminster, Mass., 5 Nov., 1851; man-
ager of the Rodney Wallace farm in W. Fitchburg; 1 ch.
2 Emma Luella, b. 21 June, 1856; d. 11 Dec, 1877.
3 Lizzie Anna, b. 1859; d. 1863.
4 Etta Maria, b. 2 June, 1865; m. (1) H. H. Hunt; m. (2)
J. F. Gallagher; 4 ch.
vi Caroline Matilda, b. 27 June, 1831; res. Leominster.
vii Mary Ann, b. 22 Feb., 1833; d. 14 April, 1883; m. Josiah Pierce.
Ch. (Pierce):
1 Edward W-^, m. Anna Tisdale. Ch. Ralph'.
2 Gertrude A., m. Jos. Mxmro. Ch. (Munro) : Marjorie*.
3 Grace B., m. E. A. Onthank. Ch., 1 son.
321 NANCY^ daughter of JoeP and Elizabeth (Maynard)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 16 Aug., 1803; died 12 May,
1891; married 6 May, 1829, Seth Brown.
Children {Brown) :
1 George Henry^ b. 17 Sept., 1831; m. (1) 29 Nov., 1860, Augusta
P. Britton, who d. 30 May, 1874; m. (2) Frances E. Powers.
Ch. (by first wife) :
1 Georgietta Isabel^, b. ^ Oct., 1873; m. 2 Jan., 1896, Fred Z.
Brown; 1 ch.
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ii Chester Franklin, b. 12 Jan., 1835; d. 22 May, 1898; m. 2 Dec,
1858, Sarah J. Streeter. Ch.:
1 Eva Leila^, b. 19 June, 1872; m. Elton Ward Lacy, 1 Feb.,
1898.
iii Alonzo A., b. 29 Jan., 1837; m. in New Zealand, in 1865, Janet
Kennedy. Ch. :
1 Lizzie'', b. in Pabraka, N. Z., 7 Oct., 1866; m. (1) L. E.
Bathrick; m. (2) 1900, S. M. Schatzkin; 2 ch.
2 John S., b. 20 Aug., 1868; m. 1900, Julia Kennel; 2 ch.
3 George F., b. 29 April, 1870; m. 1893, Alice I. Knowland;
3 ch.
4 Flora J., b. 15 Sept., 1872; d. 30 Oct., 1878.
322 DANFORTH PHIPPS% son of Elijah'^ and Mary (Glea-
son) Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 30 •Dec, 1803; died in
Lowell, Mass., 18 Sept., 1875; married, 12 Apr., 1827, Hannah
Walcott; born in Stow, Mass., 25 May, 1801; died 6 April, 1874.
He was a city official in Lowell and representative to the Legisla-
ture in 1850; also resided in Wilmington, Mass.
Children, bom in Lowell:
i Eliza Jane', b. 16 March, 1828; d. 13 June, 1851, unm.
ii Hannah Elizabeth, b. 10 Aug., 1829; d. in Lowell, 26 April,
1880; m. 15 Nov., 1860, John Higgins Nichols, who was in the
Civil "War, 2d N. H. Vols.; wounded at second battle Bull Run;
honorably discharged; b. in Wilmington, Mass., 7 April, 1828.
Ch. (Nichols), b. in Lowell:
1 Charles William^ b. 30 Oct., 1861; d. 18 Sept., 1864.
2 Fred, b. 3 Dec, 1863; d. 3 Sept., 1864.
3 Carrie, b. 26 Aug., 1866; d. 22 Aug., 1873.
4 Fred, b. 29 Sept., 1867; m. 13 Sept., 1893.
5 Ulysses, b. 3 March, and d. 20 March, 1869.
6 Theodore, b. 28 April, and d. 17 May, 1872.
iii Mary Ann, b. 1 Jan., 1831.
iv Ellen Maria, b. 25 July, 1832.
619 V Charles William, b. 12 Aug., 1834.
vi Caroline Louisa, b. 1 June, 1836; d. unm., 27 March., 1863.
vii Henry Harrison, b. 19 Feb., 1841; d. unm., 2 Sept., 1873; 3
years in U. S. service during Civil War; Ark. and Fortress
Munroe.
viii Sarah Phipps, b. 22 June, 1843.
ix EmeUne Frances, b. 5 June, 1845.
323 DEA. WILLI AM«, son of Elijah^ and Mary (Gleason)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 27 March, 1805; died in Mass.
Gen. Hospital, 20 May, 1879; married, 4 Aug., 1835, Abby Ann,
daughter of Rev. William Muzzey (who graduated from Harvard
College in 1793); born in Lexington, 15 June, 1806. Moved to
Lexington about 1830, where he was deacon in the Unitarian church.
Child, born in Lexington:
i Laura Muzzey', b. 20 July, 1836; res. unm., in Lexington.
286 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
324 SAMUEL^ son of Eber^ and Lucy (Arnold) Brigham;
born in Sudbury, Mass.; died there, 10 April, 1853; married Han-
nah Sanderson.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i Alfred', b. 10 Feb., 1846; m. 1 Oct., 1874, Mary Frances, dau.
of Oliver Smith and Mary (Denton) Wells; b. 16 Feb., 1848;
d. in Cambridge, Mass., 28 Jan., 1906; interred in Mt. Auburn.
He is a grocer in Boston and res. Cambridge. Ch. :
1 Arthur Wells'", b. 23 Sept., 1875; m. 7 June, 1905, Ina F.
Sears; is in business with father. Ch., b. in Dorchester:
Sears", b. 12 March, 1906; d. 1 April, 1906.
2 Harry Austin, b. 11 June, 1877; is a journalist, res. Cambridge.
3 Walter Sanderson, b. 11 July, 1882.
ii Georgiana.
325 RUFUS% son of Capt. William^ and Sarah (Osborn)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 11 Jan., 1818; died there, 17
Nov., 1896; married, 3 Feb., 1842, Lucretia Moore, who died in
Sudbury, 9 March, 1887.
Children, born in Sudbury:
i Emily Elizabeth', b. 9 July, 1843; m. 20 Dec, 1888, Levi S. Jones;
s. p.," 1903.
ii Lucretia Jane, b. 5 Aug., 1845; m. 29 Nov., 1877, George Wash-
ington Griggs of Scituate, Mass. Ch. (Griggs), b. in Scituate:
1 Bertha Helen\ b. 1 Oct., 1878.
2 Alice, b. 20 Sept., 1881.
iii Wilbam Rufus, b. 25 Dec, 1847; d. 26 Feb., 1861.
iv Charles Nixon, b. 15 April, 1850; m. in 1878, Jennie Smith; res.
in Dundas, Minn. Ch. :
1 Edith Lucretia^, b. 18 Feb., 1880; m. 28 Oct., 1897, Fred H.
Hassin. Ch. (Hassin): i Russell R.°, b. 28 July, 1899; ii
Bernice, b. 19 Nov., 1901.
2 Gertrude C, b. 15 Aug., 1882; m. 15 Aug., 1897, Lewis A.
Hall of Wells, Minn. Ch. (Hall): i Edgar C, b. 26 Nov.,
1899; ii Cecil D.
3 Ruby Inez, b. 12 March, 1885.
4 Isabel Wanetta, b. 18 Oct., 1887.
5 Herbert Clarence, h. 14 April, 1890.
6 Jesse C, b. 28 March, 1899.
X Herbert Storrs, b. 26 Nov., 1857; m. 27 March, 1881, Helen
Lord of Kennebunk, Me., where he res. Ch., b. there:
1 Ernest Lord", b. 17 Jan., 1882; grad. A. B., Bowdoin Coll.,
1904.
2 Herbert Storrs, b. 2 Dec, 1885.
3 Dean Nason, b. 18 April, 1895.
326 ROXEY*', daughter of Jolm^ and Ann Eunice (Moore)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 7 Jan., 1788; married Luke
Robinson of Rutland, Mass.; moved to Watertown, Mass., where he
was for many years proprietor of " Spring Hotel " and highly re-
spected, and where he died, 7 Sept., 1870, ge. 89-
SIXTH GENERATION 287
Children (Robinson) :
i Elizabeth', b. 6 July, 1806; m. Andrew Cole of Watertown. Ch.
(Cole) :
1 Harriet; 2 Susan; 3 Adaline; 4 Francis; 5 Henry P.; 6
Mary E.; 7 Caroline; the last three are living in Newton, Mass.
ii Edwin, b. 2 Aug., 1808; m. Bathsheba Bates. Ch.:
1 Edwin^; 2 Frank; 3 Ellen, m. Charles Lowe of Newton,
iii Rufus, b. 3 Sept., 1810; d. Sept., 1813.
iv William, b. 12 Oct., 1812; d. July, 1817.
V Mary, b. 8 July, 1815; d. July, 1817.
vi Francis, b. 16 Oct., 1818; d. 1883; m. Martha Cutter of Weston,
Mass. Ch.:
1 MabeP, a teacher in Washington,
vii George, b. 8 Dec., 1821; ni. Helen Young; res. Lexington,
Mass. Ch. :
1 George", who d.; 2 Jennie, res. Waltham.
viii William, b. 1 July, 1827; m. (1) Abbie W. Robbins; m. (2)
lone Streeter of Woburn, Mass. Ch. {by first wife) :
1 William"; 2 Mary; 3 George Frederick; 4 Ruth W.; 5 Theo-
dore B.
Ch. (by second wife) :
6 Wallace; 7 Wilhelmine (d.) ; 8 Philip.
ix Ellen, b. 6 Dec, 1832; d. April, 1838.
327 ABIJAH^ son of John^ and Ann Eunice (Moore) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 17 March, 1791; died 7 Feb., 1892;
married ^Melissa Straiten of Rutland, Mass. ; resided in Rutland.
Children, born in Rutland:
i Clarissa', m. Daniel Hitchings, and res. Chelsea, Mass. Ch.
(Hitchings) :
1 Henry^; 2 Lucy; 3 Charles B., m. Jones; 4 Frank;
5 George; 6 Martha.
ii Lucy.
iii Lavinia Moore, b. 1 Dec, 1821 ; m. Robert Lewis Goddard of
Petersham, Mass., b. 21 May, 1823; d. in Palmer, Mass., 15 Jan.,
1887; res. Palmer. Ch. '(Goddard):
1 William Lewis", b. 1 Aug., 1846; d. 1 Aug., 1873.
2 Frank Ballard, b. 6 Oct., 1851; d. 9 Nov., 1858.
3 Lisette Martha, b. 15 Nov., 1861'; d. 12 Jan., 1877.
iv John Warren, m. Martha Eliza Brigham, dau. of 256. Ch. :
1 Warren", m. Adams, and d. Ch.: i Ethel, m. W. B.
C. Fox, res. Dorchester; ii Enid; iii Edith.
2 Ella, m. George Marchant of Minneapolis, Minn.
3 Frank.
4 Lura, d.
328 JOHN®, son of John^ and Ann Eunice (Moore) Brigham;
born in Sudbury, Mass., 22 March, 1795; died in Watertown, Mass.,
24 May, 1874; married (1) Mary Leveritt of Burke Co., Ga. ; mar-
ried (2), 8 July, 1844, Mary (Crafts) Brigham, widow of his
brother William.
At the age of eighteen he went to Georgia where he secured a
288 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
large plantation and also engaged in mercantile business; resided
on the Savannah River, 70 miles above the city of Savannah, in
place known as " Brigham's Landing"; returned to Watertown in
1840, and engaged in the lumber trade, purchased the historic
" Coolidge Tavern/' where tradition says Washington stayed the
night previous to taking command of the Continental troops in
Cambridge. He seemed to possess energy and business ability like
his distinguished ancestor, Dr. John, and was highly respected in
the communities where he resided.
Children {by first wife), horn in Georgia:
620 1 WilUam% b. 19 July, 1819.
621 ii Elizabeth Ann Eunice, b. 15 Jan., 1824.
622 iii John, b. 13 Feb., 1827.
Child (by second wife), born in Watertown:
iv Maria, b. 25 Feb., 1847; res. unm., Watertown.
329 WILLI AM% son of John^ and Ann Eunice (Moore) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 11 Aug., 1810; died in Watertown,
Mass., 23 April, 1843; married (1), 17 April, 1834, Adeline,
daughter of Thaddeus Cole of Watertown; born 1813; died 1836;
married (2), 15 March, 1837, Mary Crafts (who married [2] her
first husband's brother, John) ; born in Cambridge, Mass., 7 June,
1813; died in Watertown, 15 Nov., 1902. He resided in Water-
town; first entered the dry goods business, and later associated
himself with his brother John in the lumber business, in which line
he continued until his death.
Child (by first wife), born in Watertown:
623 i William Theodore% b. 12 Sept., 1835.
Children (by second toife), born in Watertown:
ii George, b. 16 March, 1838; d. y.
624 iii Charles, b. 21 June, 1841.
330 LEWIS®, son of Joseph" and Rebecca (Haynes) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 27 Oct., 1797; died there, 8 Sept.,
1875; married, 27 May, 1838, Almira Bowker, born 12 Aug., 1810.
The old red house on the homestead of Dr. John, where Lewis lived,
was taken down about 1830 to help build the new house; it stood
west of the present residence, at the angle of the Marlboro and
Fitchburg roads in northwestern Sudbury; in 1897 there was still
to be seen the cellar hole of the old house, 10 rods west of present
residence; also a ruined cider-mill, over 100 years old, on right of
Fitchburg road, west of present house. He was a farmer.
Children, born in Sudbury:
1 Martha Ann% b. 9 March, 1839; m. 1 June, 1859, Hiram Greene,
a merchant; res. Mass. Ave., Boston. Ch. (Greene):
1 Julia H?
ii Rebecca Haynes, b. 1 July, 1840; m. 20 June, 1859, Thomas
Albert Bent; res. Somerville, Mass. Ch. (Bent):
SIXTH GENERATION 289
1 Carrie F.^
iii Nancy Elizabeth, b. 25 April, 1843; res. unm., Boston.
iv Esther Louisa, b. 16 Dec, 1846; d. unm., 8 May, 1903; res.
Boston.
V Lewis Alanson, b. 25 Feb., 1850; d. ae. 9 days.
vi Emma Almira, b. 9 Aug., 1851 ; m. 20 INIarch, 1872, Newell Wil-
comb, a farmer; res. on the old Dr. John place in Sudbury. Ch.
(Wilcomb) :
1 Fanny A?, b. 11 Dec, 1874; m. James Haire of Maynard,
Mass. Ch. (Haire) : Claude Brigham*.
2 Leicis, b. 26 Nov., 1877; d. 1879.
3 Alice Emma, b. 19 Sept., 1880; d. ae. 15 years.
4 Ida Louise, b. 21 Nov., 1885; d.
331 EUNICE®, daughter of Joseph^ and Rebecca (Haynes)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 19 Dec, 1798; died in Spring-
field, Mass., 13 March, 1856; married, l6 Oct., 1834 (as his second
wife). Rev. Addison Parker.
Children (Parker) :
i Sarah Frances^ b. in Methuen, Mass., 26 July, 1837; m. 17 Aug.,
1865, Elias C. Atkins, b. in Bristol, Conn., 28 June, 1833; d.
in Indianapolis, Ind., 18 April, 1901; he was the founder of the
firm of E. C. Atkins & Co., saw manufacturers; was a man of
marked influence in his State. Ch. (Atkins) :
1 Mary D.\ b. 1867; m. Nelson A. Gladding of I.; 2 ch.
2 Henry C, b. 1868; m. Sue Winter of I.; 3 ch.
3 Sarah Frances, b. 1870; m. Thomas Reed Hackley of I.; 4 ch.
4 Emma L., b. 1872; m. Edward B. Davis; 1 ch.
5 Carra, b. 1874; m. Arthur D. Gates; 1 ch.
ii Rev. Addison, b. in Danbury, Conn., 12 Nov., 1839; is a Baptist
clergyman in Richmond, Ind.; was grad. from Brown Univ. and
Newton Theolog. School; was a sergeant in the Civil War;
filled many Baptist pulpits in the East and West; m. 18 Sept.,
1866, Mary L. Boyden of Dedham, Mass. Ch.:
1 Wilson B?, b. in Natick; res., an architect, in Indianapolis.
2 Edith M., b. in Charlestown, Mass.; m. Dr. Woodbridge O.
Johnson, a missionary to Taiku, Korea, Asia; 4 ch.
332 REBECCA®, daughter of Joseph^ and Rebecca (Haynes)
Brigham; born in Sudbury, Mass., 28 Aug., 1807; died 1856; mar-
ried, 9 Jan., 1834, Lawrence Thompson, a wealthy planter of
Prides Station, Ala.
Children (Thompson), born in Alabama:
i Sarah% d. y.
ii Lawrence, d. y.
iii Rebecca, m. Dec, 1866, William W. Baylis of Florence, Ala.
Ch. (Baylis):
1 Annie T.^, d. y.
2 William, B., unm., res. Louisville, Ky.
3 Mary, m. (1) Morgan; (2) Ashcroft.
iv Annie S., d. unm., Nov., 1866.
V Joseph N., m. 1869, Lucie B. Malone; res. Tuscombia, Ala. Ch.:
1 Humphrey B.^; 2 Lawrence K.; 3 Joseph N.; 4 Lucien B.
290 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
vi Mary Nancy, m. Dr. Joseph P. Pride. Ch. (Pride):
1 Empson T.^ d. unm.
j 2 L. Thompson, m. May Mahoon, res. Prides Sta., Ala.; 5 ch.
333 CHARLES^ son of Joseph^ and Rebecca (Haynes) Brig-
ham; born in Sudbury^ Mass., 16 July, 1811; died ■; mar-
ried Eunice Hagar, daughter of Francis Garfield. Resided in
Greenfield, Mass., and was very much interested in the project of
a family history.
Children, horn in Greenfield:
i Maria% b. Ifi July, 1852; d. 7 Oct., 1862.
ii Dorcas, b. 17 April, 1855; d. 9 April, 1856.
iii Alanson, b. 5 July, 1859; m. Stella, daughter of Jason Moore;
b. 7 Oct., 1863; res. Greenfield. Ch.:
1 Letvis^, b. 14 Aug., 1889.
iv Jane, b. 3 Oct., 1862; m. Damon; a widow, res. with
bro. Joseph, in Greenfield.
V Lucy, b. 25 Sept., 1865; d. 10 Feb., 1866.
vi Joseph, b. 9 April, 1868; res. in Greenfield, unm,
vii Eunice, d. unm., 1892.
334 SAMUEL% son of Dr. SamueP and Mary (Ball) Brig-
ham; born in Boylston, Mass., 19 Feb., 1795; died in Clinton,
Mass., 15 July, 1877; married Alethina Howe, who died in 1880.
He probably resided in Boylston and Lancaster, Mass., and
Machias, Me.
Children, born as indicated:
625 i Aber, b. in Boylston, Mass., 26 Oct., 1815.
626 ii Dolly, b. 30 Oct., 1817.
627 iii Samuel Davis, b. 22 March, 1821.
628 iv Levi Edwin, b. in Lancaster, 17 Jan., 1825.
V James Lawson, b. 18 Feb., 1831 ; d. y.
629 vi John D., b. in Machias, Me., 5 Aug., 1834.
335 MARY", daughter of Dr. SamueP and Mary (Ball) Brig-
ham; born in Boylston, Mass., 13 April, 1797; died in Shrewsbury,
Mass., 30 Oct., 1867; married, 9 April, 1822, Solomon, son of David
Mahan of Northboro, Mass.; born there, l6 July, 1792; died in
Shrewsbury, 28 Dec, 1873. He was a farmer and moved to
Shrewsbury.
Children (Mahan), born in Shrewsbury :
i Mary Ann^ b. and d. 1823.
ii George Henry, b. 19 Dec, 1824; d. in Shrewsbury, 14 March, 1903,
unm.
iii Mary Ann, b. 22 July, 1826; m. William H. Perry, a farmer in
Shrewsbury; 25 years assessor; 15 years on school committee.
Ch. (Perry):
1 Marian'^, m. Joseph E. Warren of Marlboro.
2 Zella, m. Samuel H. Johnson of Shrewsbury.
3 Abhie, m. Alvin S. Dearth of Worcester.
SIXTH GENERATION 291
iv Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1 May, 1830; m. Jonas Cummings, a farmer
in Shrewsbury; d. 1873. Ch. (Cummings):
1 John^; 2 Mary; 3 Ida.
V John Davis, b. 8 Feb., 1835; m. Elizabeth J. Orne; res. Charles-
town, Mass.
vi Sarah Jane, b. 10 Sept., 1836; m. George A. Newton, a farmer
of Shrewsbury. Ch. (Newton) :
1 Oeorge^, d. ae. 13.
vii Caroline S., b. 18 July, 1844; m. Abel O. Perry, who d. in Wor-
cester, 1898.
336 JONAS BALL^ son of Dr. SamueP and Mary (Ball)
Brigham; born in Boylston, Mass., 28 April, 1807; died 1 March,
1872; married, 9 April, 1835, Lucinda, daughter of Capt. John
Howe of Boylston; born 19 May, 1809; died l6 May, 1861. Re-
sided in Westboro, Mass., and probably in Grafton.
Children :
i Joshua Leland% b. 16 March, 1836; d. 3 Feb., 1837.
ii Harrison M., b. 4 Feb., 1838; res. Westboro.
iii Abbie L., b. 25 Feb., 1840; res. Westboro.
iv George E., b. 1 March, 1842; d. 7 July, 1849.
V Silas H., b. in Grafton, Mass., 5 J««€, 1844, ©y-lS*^; m. 1866,
Abbie Flanders. He is Supt. of Construction, and res. 320
Madison St., Waukegan, 111. Ch.:
1 Lena^, m. Ralph Draper Smith. Ch. (Smith) : i Florence
Marie; ii Kathryn Brigham; they res. Keene, N. H.
vi Mary E., b. 25 Dec, 1845 (?).
vii Edmund L., b. 7 Dec, 1848.
viii Henry A., b. 22 Sept., 1850; d. 28 May, 1854.
337 JOHN GOTT^ son of John Gott'' and Mary (Collins)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 2 Aug., 1796; died 27 Nov.,
1871; married, 9 Jan., 1820, Lucy, daughter of Benjamin and
Abigail (Howe) Howe; born in Marlboro, 6 June, 1798; died 28
Feb., 1863. Was a wheelwright and resided in Concord, Mass.
Children, 2 eldest born in Marlboro, others in Concord:
i Hepzibah Collins% b. 21 Oct., 1821; d. in Seaforth, Canada, 7
Aug., 1872; m. in Concord, 9 Nov., 1843, George Albert, son of
Maj. Levi Stearns; b. in Lunenburg, Mass., 9 Sept., 1812; res.
Quincy, Mass., and perhaps moved to Rouse's Point, N.. Y. Ch.
(Stearns), the two elder b. in Quincy:
1 Georgiana Augusta^, b. 10 July, 1844.
2 Elizabeth Lucy, b. 15 July, 1846; d. Oct., 1848.
3 Adelia Gertrude, b. 26 Nov., 1848.
4 Edward; 5 Ellen; 6 Winifred; 7 Ernest.
630 ii William Eustis, b. 14 April, 1823.
iii George Howe, b. 5 Dec, 1834; res. Dorchester, Mass.; m.
Melissa Wheelock of Newport, Vt. Ch.:
1 Mary M.\ b. 11 June, 1856; d. 1860.
2 Lillie, b. 1861; d. 1862.
292 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
631 iv Alonzo Howe, b. 16 April, 1826.
V John Edward, b. 9 March, 1828; m. Isabella Smith; res. Toronto,
Canada. Ch. :
1 Frank^j res. Toronto.
2 Mary.
vi Harrison Gray, b. 4 Nov., 1829; m. Josephine Garfield; res.
Dorchester,
vii Francis Eugene, b. 10 Oct., 1831; d. 11 Sept., 1833.
viii Mary Ann, b. 3 May, 1834; m. Francis Bacon; res. Dover, Mass.
Ch. (Bacon):
1 Ella^j 2 Lilaj 3 Frank.
ix Lucy Jane, b. 3 July, 1836; d. Oct., 1873; res. Concord.
338 NATHANIEL PHILLIPS^, son of Henry^ and Anna
(Phillips) Brigham; born in Barre, Mass., 1 Dec, 1785; died 5
Dec, 1866; married, April, 1810, Martha, daughter of Make-
peace and Catherine (Smith) Gates; born in Barre, 3 Feb., 1784;
died 14 Aug., 1869. Was a farmer and land surveyor.
Children, bom in Barre:
632 i Martha Ann", b. 22 Oct., 1811.
633 11 William Harrison, b. 16 Dec, 1814.
634 iii Orlando Sibley, b. 16 Dec, 1816.
iv Nathaniel Nelson, b. 6 June, 1819; d. in Niagara FaDs, Ont.,
15 Sept., 1903; m. (1) 4 Nov., 1845, Sarah S. Hildreth, b. in
New Braintree, Mass., 12 March, 1821; m. (2) Nov., 1880, Char-
lotte E. Wade of Palmerston, Ont.; res. Niagara Falls, Ont. Ch.
(by first wife), b. in Barre:
1 Byron\ b. 6 Sept., 1846; m. 23 April, 1877, E. P. Whittier
of Kennebunk, Me.; res. s. p., in 1893, in Woburn, Mass.
2 Edward A., h. ?> Dec, 1854; m. 7 Feb., 1877, M. J. Wade; a
gardener; has 3 daus.
Ch. (by second wife) :
3 Beatrice, b. 21 Oct., 1883.
4 B. E., b. 21 Oct., 1887.
V Nancy Phillips, b. 22 June, 1822; d. in So. Norwalk, Conn.,
17 July, 1896; m. 5 Oct., 1843, Dexter Dennis, b. in Barre, 28
Jan., 1818; d. in So. Norwalk, 30 March, 1881. Ch. (Dennis), b.
in Barre :
1 Lloyd Eugene\ b. 16 Oct., 1844; m. (1) 16 Oct., 1865, Jane
Sigourney Bassett; m. (2) 28 Nov., 1883, Augusta Mayhew
Johnson; res. s. p., Worcester, Mass.
2 Agnes Eudora, b. 4 March, 1852; m. 27 Jan., 1878, Abiathar
Blanchard of Petersham, Mass.; s. p.
3 Frederick Walker, b. 28 March, 1853; drowned 2o July, 1862.
4 Frederick Edgar, b. 11 Jan., and d. 14 Jan., 1864.
vi Louisa M., b. 11 June, 1825; m. in Sterling, 18 May, 1848, San-
ford D. Smith, b. 2 July, 1823; res. Sterling, 111, Ch. (Smith):
1 Clarence E.^, b. 25 April, 1852; m. Nellie B. Brigham; res.
Chicago. Ch.: Lura L.», b. 3 Oct., 1877.
2 Harry N., b. 9 Sept., 1859; m. 1883, Maggie Bartow; res.
Chicago. Ch.: i Harry', b. 9 Dec, 1886; ii May, b. 30 May,
1889.
Thomas Brigham Rice^ of Barre, Mass. (339) N^^,
SIXTH GENERATION 293
339 NANCY^ daughter of Henry ^ and Anna (PhiUips) Brig-
ham; born in Barre, Mass., 4 March, 1789; died there, 26 Sept.,
1873; married, l6 April, 1809, Francis, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Nurse) Rice. Sarah Nurse was a direct descendant of Rebecca
Nurse, who was hung in Salem, as a witch.
Children (Bice), born in Barre:
i Abigail', b. 5 Dec., 1810; d. 4 Sept., 1889; m. 18 April, 1832,
Marshall D. Eaton, who d. 14 Sept., 1885; they adopted Jennie',
dau. of her sister Juliana.
ii Francis D., b. 3 Jan., 1814; d. in Barre, April, 1885; m. 19 Nov.,
1839, Harriet A. Tucker. Ch.:
1 Oeorge E?, res. Worcester.
2 Mary A., res. Chicago.
3 Alice, and 4 Hobart, both d. y.
5 Sybil L., m. Herbert Rogers of Barre.
6 Justin F., m. Minnie Rogers.
iii Eliza Ann, b. 18 Jan., and d. 31 Feb., 1816.
iv Thomas Brigham, b. 30 Jan., 1817; m. 29 Oct., 1844, Maria Bacon,
b. in Barre, 6 June, 1821; d. 9 March, 1855; was 30 years cash-
ier of the B. & A. R. R.; retired and returned to Barre, where
settled with daughter. Has great interest in friendless and
orphaned children, and has had several in his home. He has
always been a firm friend of the B. F. A. ; is living, 1907, a genial
and most interesting man, and a rare friend. Ch.:
1 Lucy', b. 22 Oct., 1845; res. in Barre; a quiet, but practical,
philanthropist.
V Juliana M., b. 15 Oct., 1819 ;,m. 12 Dec, 1843, Daniel H. Rice,
who d. 8 Sept., 1857. Ch.: ^.'S'ju
1 EdwarcP, b. 3 Sept., 1846; m. Christina L. Stover, b. 23 Dec,
1847; res. s. p., New Haven.
2 Eliza, m. Joseph R. Torrey of Worcester; has dau. Anne'.
3 Annie M.
4 Jennie, adopted by Mrs. Eaton.
vi Henry E., b. 17 Jan., 1823; m. 1848, Elizabeth F. Rawson; a
des. of Secy. Edward Rawson. Ch.:
1 Olive', m. Henry H. Brigham, 798.
2 Frank H., b. 23 Feb., 1854; m. Lizzie J. Davis, b. 1 Jan.,
1864. Ch.: i Florence H.», b. 16 Dec, 1881; ii Leslie F., b.
12 Dec, 1885; iii Harold, b. 18 March, 1896; iv Clair, b. 15
Sept., 1898; v Gerald, b. 21 Dec, 1903; res. Oakland, Cal.
3 Fannie, m. Seymour A., son of 632.
4 Daniel H., of Barre.
5 Arthur L., b. 14 May, 1870; m. 29 June, 1893, Annie E.
Cook; res. Willamette, 111. Ch.: i Kingsley L.°, b. 24 Aug.,
1898; ii Elizabeth B., b. 23 Jan., 1905.
vii Calista E., b. 22 Oct., 1827; d. May, 1891; m. Elam Shattuck of
Worcester, who d. s. p., March, 1885.
340 HENRY^ son of Henry^ and Anna (Phillips) Brigham;
born in Barre, Mass., 14 Nov., 1791; died in Rutland, Mass., 7
April, 1863; married, 6 May, 1818, Sally, daughter of Dea. Job
Sibley; born 1794; died in Rutland, 19 Feb., 1864. Was a farmer
294 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
in Rutland ; Capt. of the Militia and two terms Representative to the
General Court.
Children, born in Rutland:
635 i Lawson Sibley', b. 15 Oct., 1820.
636 ii Monroe Bowman, b. 8 Sept., 1822.
ill Mary A., b. 12 June, 1829; res. Coldbrook Springs, Mass.; m.
10 Jan., 1849, Daniel M. Parker, b. in Wolcott, Vt.; d. in C. S.,
25 March, 1899; was a selectman, and res. Coldbrook Springs.
Ch. (Parker):
1 Clarence Henry\ b. 31 Oct., 1849; m. 1872, Ida M. Bemis;
has been St. Rep., selectman and postmaster. Ch.: Harry B.»,
a selectman.
2 Evander Leroy, b. 28 Aug., 1851; m. 1880, Georgiana M.
Hawkins. Ch.: i Maud E.®; ii Minnie L.
3 Floyd R., b. 30 Aug., 1853; m. 1875, Lizzie Cleveland. Ch.:
i Virgil R.°; ii Mary A.
4 Daniel M., b. 8 July, 1855; m. Eldora E. Hawkins. Ch.:
i MiUicent A."; ii Nelhe M.
5 Maida Adele, b. 5 April, 1857; m. 1877, Frank E. Stevens;
s. p.
341 MARIA THERESA^ daughter of Henry^ and Anna
(Phillips) Brigham; born in Barre, Mass., 20 Sept., 1800; died in
Templeton, Mass., 8 March, 1861; married, 1 May, 1828, George
Newton, who died in Templeton, 12 Oct., 1879- He was a farmer
and resided in Templeton.
Children (Newton), born in Templeton:
i Henry Phillips^ b. 14 Nov., 1829; d. 25 Oct., 1886; m. 1854,
Lucinda Severy; res. Boston. Ch.:
1 Olive M.*; 2 George Henry; 2 ch., d. y.
ii Peter Augustine, b. 10 May, 1831; m. Elizabeth Castle; res.
Chicago. Ch. :
1 Henrietta^; 2 Agnes; 3 Leslie; 4 Charlotte; 5 Peter.
iii Samuel Dexter, b. 9 Jan., 1833; d. 9 July, 1886; 4 years in Civil
War; res. Chicago,
iv Edward Franklin, b. 28 Feb., 1835; res. Concord, 111.
V Ann Maria, b. 24 March, 1839; m. a physician,
vi George WilHara, b. 29 March, 1841; d. 23 Jan., 1889, in Chicago;
in 57th Mass. Inf., Civil War,
S42 JOSIAH FAY% son of Uriah'* and Elizabeth (Fay) Brig-
ham; born in Bakersfield, Vt., 11 Oct., 1801; died there, 28 Aug.,
1878; married (1), 1828, Sally Warner, daughter of Foster Paige;
born in Bakersfield, 5 Aug., 1808; died there, 11 March, 1829;
married (2), 1831, Sylvina, daughter of Perley Hall, born in Berk-
shire, Vt., 6 Jan., 1812; died in Bakersfield, 20 Nov., 1844; mar-
ried (3), 1847, Jane, daughter of John Fay; born in St. Armand,
P. Q., 1820; died 30 Jan., 1899-
At the early age of 1 8, Fay took charge of the family estate be-
cause of the death of his father; became a man of wide reading;
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was a good neighbor, husband, and father. Although of positive
opinions and candid in the expression of them, he was highly
esteemed in the community and exerted a large influence on public
affairs. Although a Democrat in a Whig or Republican State, he
was thrice elected to the Legislature, 1857, '69, and '76; was also
frequently chosen selectman. In 1855, he was given the degree of
Honorary A. M., by the University of Vermont. He took a great
interest in the magnificent bequest left to the town by his brother,
Peter Bent, and one of his last public acts was to attend the meet-
ing which was to decide; concerning the use of the fund and to vote
for the school as now established.
Child (by first wife), born in Bakersfield:
i Seneca Paige', b. 18 Feb., 1829; d. 10 March, 1831.
Children (by second wife), born in Bakersfield:
ii Sarah Jane, b. 16 April, 1835; m. 27 April, 1866, William, son of
William B. Kendall; b. in Rockingham, Vt., 8 April, 1823; d.
in Newtonville, Mass., 7 Oct., 1893. Ch. (Kendall), b. in Boston;
1 Sylvina B?, b. 6 July, 1870; was grad. Emerson Coll. of Ora-
tory; m. 1- Jan., 1896, Charles H. Watson of Philadelphia. Ch.
(Watson): Brigham KendalP, b. 1896.
2 7. Fay Brigham, b. 29 July, 1871; educated Mass. Inst. Tech-
nology and Boston Univ. Law School.
3 Peter Bent Brigham, b. 9 March, 1873; d. 21 March, 1873.
637 iii Albert Gallatin, b. 12 March, 1836.
iv Roxana, b. 3 July, 1838; m. 20 April, 1861, Prof. Charles Bird,
son of Richmond Hankinson, b. in Gravesend, Ont., 24 Nov.,
1831; d. in Woodstock, Ont., 6 June, 1867. She was Lady Prin-
cipal and teacher of French in " Canada Literary Institute,"
Woodstock; he was grad. from Univ. of Mich.; Prof, of Mathe-
matics and Nat. Sciences in " Canada Literary Inst." ; she is
a teacher in Medford, Mass. Ch. (Hankinson):
1 Jennie B.\ b. 25 Dec, 1862; d. 25 Feb., 1879.
2 Hattie B., b. in Woodstock, 17 Jan., 1865; res. Medford.
Children (by third wife), born in Bakersfield:
V Frances Gertrude, b. 31 May, 1848; m. Robert Breck Brigham,
539; res. New York City,
vi Col. Herbert Fay, b. 13 July, 1852; m. 17 Sept., 1894, Jennie
M. C. Hill, a painter in oils; b. in W. Farnham, P. Q., 27 April,
1853; he attended the l^niv. of Mich. Law School in 1874 and
'75; admitted to the Franklin Co., Vt., bar; member of the
Legislature of Vt., 1882 and '84; practices law in Bakersfield,
where he res.
vii Mary Fay, b. 24 June, 1856; m. 21 Feb., 1900, Arthur L. Weeks
of St. Albans, Vt.
viii Hattie F., b. 18 June, 1858; d. 6 Feb., 1864.
343 *PETER BENT*', son of Uriah^ and Elizabeth (Fay)
Brigham; born in Bakersfield, Vt., 4 Feb., 1807, died, unmarried,
Boston, Mass., 24 May, 1877.
* John Bent' (1596-1672), son of Robert Bent (1566-1631) came from Penton
Grafton, Parish of Weygill, County of Hants, Eng., sailing from Southampton in
296 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
His father died leaving a widow and several small children de-
pendent upon themselves for a livelihood. He came to Boston as
a boy, making the first part of his journey on horseback, with sad-
dlebags containing his food and scant apparel. His horse becom-
ing useless, he made his way on foot and by working on a Middle-
sex canal boat. Starting in the fish and oyster business, selling at
first from a wheelbarrow, he finally , acquired a lease of Concert
Hall, a well-known restaurant, corner of Court and Hanover
Streets, which he conducted until about 1869^ when the widening of
Hanover Street required a portion of liis building, and he retired
from the restaurant business. His business always prospered, but
his largest success was made in real estate, in which he invested
shrewdly in his immediate vicinity. His judgment in matters of
real estate, street widening, and general municipal improvement was
often sought by the city officials. He was, one of the early directors
of the Fitchburg railroad and continued in office until his death. He
never sought public office. He was a man of fine personal appear-
ance, honest and straightforward in his dealings, and his habits
and life were regular. Careful as to food, and a total abstainer
from liquors and tobacco, his health was of the best. In manner
he was cordial and of heart kindly. His innate sympathy ,was
especially illustrated in his anti-slavery sentiments and the gentle
kindness which he ever showed to the negro. Among his papers
after his death were found two cancelled wills, dated before 1862,
by which he gave the bulk of his estate for the emancipation of
the slaves. He often lamented his want of a liberal education, and
his will made generous provision for the improvement of the educa-
tional system of his native town, where Brigham Academy is named
for him.* He died in his residence, still standing, on the north-
east corner of Bulfinch and Allston Streets. He is buried in
Magnolia Avenue, Mt. Auburn. The bulk of his estate, aggregating
about $1,300,000, was given to found the Peter Bent Brigham Hosr
pital. (See Appendix.)
the Confidence, of London, John Hobson master, in April, 1638. He became one
of the founders of the town of Sudbury. He brought with him his wife, Martha,
and five children. One son, Peter ^ (1629-1678) married Elizabeth , of Cam-
bridge, about 1651, settled in Marlboro, for which town he was one of the petitioners,
and died in England in May, 1678. His real estate at his death was valued at
£431. His house was garrisoned, burned by the Indians and one of his sons was
scalped during King Philip's War. His son Peter ' married Abigail Barnes. Their
son Peter* of Marlboro (1707- 1798) served in the General Court and the first
three Provincial Congresses. Peter Bent Brigham's mother was Elizabeth Fay,
whose mother was Mary (Bent) Fay, wife of Josiah Fay of Southboro and daughter
of Peter Bent * and sister of Abigail (Bent) Brigham, wife of Benajah Brigham.
Robert Breck Brigham, nephew of Peter Bent Brigham, was fifth in descent from
" the distinguished Peter Bent *."
• Mr. Brigham bequeathed $40,000 to his native town; $10,000 to be devoted
forever to maintaining and beautifying the village cemetery, and $30,000 for
educational purposes. The town voted " to use the income of the Brigham School
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344 BENJAMIN GOTT% son of Uriah^ and Elizabeth (Fay)
Brigham; born in Bakersfield, Vt., 10 June, 1808; died in Fair-
fax, Vt., 16 March, 1858 ; married in Fairfield, Vt., 25 Feb., 1835,
Esther Potter, daughter of Thomas Northup, born in Fairfield, 17
June, 1809; died 25 Oct., 1879- ,
He was many years treasurer and selectman of Fairfield, and
represented the town in the , Legislature. At the time of his death
he was on the eve of receiving the appointment of U. S. Collector
for the District of Vermont. He was a talented man with excel-
lent powers as a debater. In his day he was one of the largest
farmers in New England.
Children, the eldest born in Jericho, Vt., the others in Fairfield:
i Clarissa N.% b. 1 Feb., 1836; d. in Philadelphia; m. 4 May, 1859,
Julian H. Dewey of Fairfax, Vt. Ch. (Dewey) :
1 Gott^ who d.
2 Julian H., a physician in Philadelphia.
3 Archibald R., a lawyer in Philadelphia.
ii Uriah, b. 22 June, 1839; d. in Fairfield, 29 May, 1842.
iii Elizabeth F., b. 8 April, 1843; m. Ira Clark of Brandon, Vt.,
where she d. s. p.
iv Benjamin Gott, b. 17 April, 1847; d. 1 May, 1847.
V Henry Randolph, b. 31: July, 1848; d. in Boston, 24 Feb., 1884;
m. 8 June, 1875, Ida E., dau. of Willard and Mandana (Gif-
ford) Wight of Barnard, Vt.; b. there, 22 April, 1852. Mr.
Brigham was admitted to the bar in Boston at the age of 21,
and when he d. he was a member there of the firm of Proctor
& Brigham, and had a large practice, especially in the Court of
Insolvency. He was president of the Mercantile Co-operative
Bank and associate justice of the District Court in Jamaica Plain,
Mass., where he resided. He was an habitual student, had fer-
tility of resources, and his knowledge of law and men, his
nerve and firm will, made him' equal to any emergency in his
business, where he was respected for his integrity, conscientious-
ness and wisdom. In private life he maintained, in his home
and in his friendships, the highest ideals, which were founded
upon a deep religious faith. Ch., b. in Jamaica Plain:
1 Pauline Wight^, b. 4 Feb., 1877; drowned, accidentally, in
Squam Lake, N. H., 6 Sept., 1905. She was grad, with high
honors from Radcliffe Coll., Cambridge, 1898; she traveled and
studied abroad for more tlian a year; a "flower-like" girl,
with a brilliant mind and sincere character, her young life
was full of promise of large achievement, because of her
broad sjTnpathies and indefatigable industry.
Fund for the maintenance of a high school to be called Brigham Academy." Mrs.
Sarah B. Jacobs of Boston, sister of Peter Bent Brigham, Mrs. Roxana B. Han-
kinson of Bakersfield, and Mrs. S. Jane Kendall of Boston bought a large tract
of land in the centre of the village, built and equipped a commodious brick structure
and presented it to the town. Mrs. Jonathan Northrop of Sheldon, Vt., subsequently
gave a public clock and bell. A bust of Mr. Brigham, by Millmore, stands in the
building. Mrs. Jacobs died in 1891, leaving $100,000 to the Academy. The school
was opened 26 Aug., 1879, and is one of the best in Vermont.
298 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
2 Henry Randolph, b. 6 April, 1880; grad. from Harvard Coll.,
1901 ; after a year of travel abroad, he entered the Harvard
Law School and grad. 1905; admitted to the bar in 1905,
and practices law in Boston; res. unm., in Cambridge.
345 NANCY% daughter of |Edward^ and Beulah (Hawes) Brig-
ham; born in Petersham, Mass., 10 May, 1796; died in Lancaster,
Mass., 29 May, 1883; married, 10 Nov., ,1819, Hon. Francis B.,
son of Francis Fay; born in Southboro, Mass., 12 June, 1793; died
in Chelsea, .Mass., 6 Oct., 1876. Mr. Fay removed from South-
boro to Boston and thence to Chelsea about 1809, and became the
first mayor of Chelsea when it was, incorporated as a city.
Children (Fay) :
i Hon. Franklin Brigham', b. in Southboro, 24 Jan., 1821; d. in
Chelsea, 20 March, 1904; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Judge William
Bridges; m. (2) Mrs. Lucy P. Atwood. Mr. Fay was in the
Legislature as Representative in 1657, and Senator in 1867.
Became Mayor of Chelsea in 1861, and served also in '62 and '63.
During the war, he spent nearly all the time at the front aiding
sick and wounded soldiers, and was known as the " war mayor " ;
was a delegate to the Convention which renominated Lincoln, and
a Mass. elector in 1868. In 1880 was appointed general agent
and secretary for the S. P. C. C, having previously been connected
with the S. P. C. A. It would be impossible in a few words to
state the invaluable service that he gave to the work of this
society, but it will not be forgotten for a long time to come. His
public services were numerous and varied, and he always gave
of his best whenever called upon. Ch.:
1 Harry F.^, res. Brookline.
2 Sibyl, m. James W. Clark; res. N. Y. City.
ii Norman Warren, b. 23 Feb., 1825; d. 23 April, 1826.
iii Henry Gregg, b. 25 April, 1831; m. Clara Pearce; res. Chestnut
Hill, Boston. Ch.:
1 Alice^; 2 George F., of Seattle, Wash,
iv Eugene Francis, b. 10 March, 1840; m. Elizabeth Robbins of
Walpole, Mass.; res. s. p., Boston.
346 ARTEMAS% son of Edward^ and Beulah (Hawes) Brig-
ham; born in Petersham, Mass., 22 Oct., 1799; died there, 22 June,
1894; married (1), 20 Dec, 1827, Sophronia, daughter of David
Witt; born Hubbardston, Mass, ll^April, 1809; died in Petersham,
14 Jan., 1862; married (2), 10 June, 1863, Mrs. Mary A. Ham-
mond, who died 27 April, 1881, ae. 76. Was a farmer and lived
to a great age.
Children, born in Petersham:
i Norman C?, b. 16 May, 1829; d. in Barre, 28 July, 1899; m.
31 March, 1852, Caroline Osgood, b. in Barre, 18 April, 1832.
Ch., b. in Barre:
1 Fred A.^, b. 9 Jan., 1857; res. Spencer, Mass., where d. 16
May, 1897; m. 18 Jan., 1883, Minnie E., dau. of Hanson White;
b, in Barre, 7 Jan., 1861. Ch.: i Edward H.% b. 15 May,
Henry R. Brigham, of Boston (344)
SIXTH GENERATION 299
1885; ii Daisy G., b. 4 Dec, 1886; d. y.; iii Carrie, b. 26
March, 1889.
2 Nellie 8., h. 7 April, 1862; m. 6 Oct., 1885, Frank Nye of
Barre. Ch. (Nye): i Rosella C.\ b. 25 Sept., 1887; ii Minnie,
b. 1891; d. 1891; iii Frank, b. 10 Jan., 1893; iv Frederic O.,
b. 17 Oct., 1897.
ii Jane Sophronia, b. 17 Sept., 1835; d. in Barre, "2^ March, 1867;
m. 8 Feb., 1860, Henry M. Bassett, b. in Barre, 19 April, 1836.
Ch. (Bassett), b. in Barre:
1 Walter Artemas^, b. 6 Aug., 1861; m. 20 March, 1884, Mary
C. Peck, b. 12 May, 1863; res. on his grandfather Brigham's
farm in Petersham. Ch.: i Henry E.^ b. 12 March, 1885; d.
y. ; ii Leslie Walter, b. 21 April, 1886; iii Ina Loretta, b.
5 Aug., 1888; d. y.
2 Stella M., b. 30 April, and d. 4 Aug., 1863.
347 SARAH BRECK% daughter of Edward^ and Beulah
(Hawes) .Brigham; born in Petersham, Mass., 22 May, 1808; died
in Plymouth, N. H., 9 Nov., 1898; married, 20 May, 1833, Phil-
lander, son of Stephen and Hannah (Briggs) Wood^of Plymouth;
born in Petersham, 11 April, 1809; died in Plymouth, 15 Sept.,
1891.
Children (Wood), the 2 eldest born in Barre, Mass., the 4 youngest in
Middlebury, Vt.:
i Stephen', b. 8 Aug., 1834; d. 5 Sept., 1837.
ii Leander, b. 21 Dec, 1835; d. 16 May, 1870; m. 11 Feb., 1864,
Cordelia Ryder, who d. 28 Feb., 1868; res. N. Y. Ch.:
1 Frank Fay\ b. 29 July, 1866; d. 30 July, 1885.
2 Henry Hunt, b. 29 Dec, 1867; d. 5 Feb., 1892.
iii Sarah D., b. in Salisbury, Vt., 27 May, 1837; d. 7 Dec, 1837.
iv Josephine A., b. in Salisbury, 6 Jan., 1839; res. unm., Laconia,
N. H.; d. May, 1906.
V Edward D., b. 20 Sept., 1642; m. Mary P. Ostrom, b. 9 Oct.,
1842; d. 30 Jan., 1894^ res. Boston. Ch.:
1 Helen A.", b. 5 June, 1867; m. 24 June, 1904, Henry E.
Urann.
2 Herbert B., b. 13 April, 1870; d. 5 Sept., 1882.
vi Perlin K., b. 16 May, 1844; m. 5 April, 1871, Julia A. Roberts
of Charlestown, Mass., b. 21 July, 1849. Ch.:
1 Julia L?, b. 2 July, 1872; m. 18 June, 1892, Harry Fifield.
2 Sarah B., h. Sept., 1874; m. 18 June, 1900, Ernest C. Cheswell.
3 Alice M., b. 19 Aug., 1876; m. William Pelisser, 37 Nov.,
1902.
4 Boxana D., h. 24 Feb., 1880; m. 31 Dec, 1900, Ralph E.
Garvin.
5 George F., b. 7 July, 1882; unm,
6 Irving, b. 9 Aug., 1885; unm,
7 Beulah H-, b. 20 Dec, 1887; unm.
All res. in Maiden, Mass.
vii Maleska O., b, 28 Nov., 1846; res. Laconia.
viii Sarell H., b. 4 Nov., 1849; m. 26 Nov., 1874, John W. Clark, b,
13 Sept., 1848; res. Laconia. Ch. (Clark):
1 Josie A?, b. 25 Nov., 1875; unm.
300 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
348 EDWARD^ son of Edward^ and Beulah (Hawes) Brig-
ham; born in Petersham, Mass., 1 Jan., 1814; died in Boston, ,19
June, 1891; married, 28 March, 1839^ Frances Tyler; born in
Boston, 28 Oct., 1822; died 24 Jan., 1903. He was Supt. of the
East Boston Ferries for 50 years, and, resided in East Boston.
Children, born in E. Boston:
1 Edward Francis^ b. 2T July, 1839; m. 2 Nov., 1864, Josephine
Crocker. Ch. :
1 Florence Tylei^, b. 25 Aug., 1868; m. Charles P. Fernald.
2 Edna Josephine, b. 4 March, 1884.
ii Martin Tyler, b. 30 Oct., 1841; d. y.
Hi Frances Belinda, b. 20 Feb., 1843; d. 2 Aug., 1865.
iv Martin, b. 20 Aug., 1845; d. 1848.
V Harriet Amanda, b. 9 Sept., 1847; d. 1848.
vi Tyler, b. 13 Dec, 1848; m. 1 June, 1882, Harriet A. Titcomb
Fearing of Newburyport, Mass.; res. in Brookline, dealer in
Ladies' Cloaks, in Boston,
vii Elmina S. R., b. 9 March, 1852; m. 25 Dec, 1874, Corliss Wad-
leigh of Medford, Mass. Ch. (Wadleigh) :
1 Mina Beulah^ b. 19 March, 1875; m. 25 July, 1899, Wm. H.
Brooks. Ch. (Brooks) : Gertrude Wadleigh', b. and d. 23 May,
1900.
2 Corliss, h. 19 Aug., 1880.
Tiii Charles Henry, b. 26 June, 1854; m. 3 Oct., 1878, Alice D. Poole;
res. WoUaston, Mass.; manufacturer of ladies' waists in Boston.
Ch.:
1 Edward T.^ b. and d. 26 Jan., 1880.
2 Edward Tyler, b. 29 Dec, 1880; a note salesman in Boston;
res. WoUaston.
3 Clarence, b. 31 Aug., 1883; d. 7 Dec, 1885.
ix Harriet Nellie, b. 28 Nov., 1859; m. 3 Aug., 1883, Walter S.
McLauthlin of Webster St., E. Boston. Ch. (McLauthlin) :
1 Mina Brigham^, b. and d. 1885.
349 TIMOTHY^, son of Phineas^ and Susanna (Howe) Brig-
ham; born in Southboro, Mass., 8 Feb., 1786; died in Granville,
Pa., 24 Aug., 1829; married (1) Patty Damon; married (2), 12
Oct., 1820, Abigail Mason, who died in Smithfield, Pa., 7 June,
1857. He was a farmer.
Children (by first wife):
638 i Ebenezer Damon% b. in GranviUe, 15 Feb., 1808.
639 ii George, b. in Smithfield, 16 Oct., 1809.
iii Mary Ann, m. Andrew Swain, and had several children.
640 iv Phineas, b. in Smithfield, 22 Jan., 1815.
V Timothy.
vi Joseph, m. — . Ch.:
1 Julia^, m. Charles Beach; d. s. p.
2 Clayton, m. ; had one son who res. N. Y. State.
Children (by second wife), born in Granville:
vii Harriet, b. 4 Aug., 1821; d. in Burlington, Pa., April, 1859; m.
Charles Taylor,
viii Addison M., b. 24 Feb., 1823; d. in Leroy, Pa., Sept., 1883; m.
Jane Carr; a farmer.
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641 ix Henry C, b. 24 March, 1835.
X Charles B., b. 6 Dec, 1826; d. in Smithfield, May, 1884; m.
Lucilia Beach; he was a farmer.
642 xi Horace A., b. 29 May, 1828.
350 PHINEAS^ son of Phineas^ and Susanna (Howe) Brig-
ham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 31 Dec, 1787; died in Madison, N.
Y., 17 Sept., 1852; married 18 Feb., 1809, Susan Ames, bom in
Buckland, Mass., 11 March, 1792; died in Hamilton, N. Y., 4 April,
1876. He removed in 1810 to ^ Eaton, N. Y., and also resided in
Morrisville and Madison, N. Y.
Children, the eldest born in Southboro, the next 5 in Eaton, amd the
youngest in Madison:
643 i Lucy% b. 18 Nov., 1810.
644 11 Lucius, b. 25 July, 1812.
Ill Mary, b. 12 Aug., 1814; d. 4 April, 1830.
645 Iv Horace Ames, b. 14 Oct., 1817.
V Emily, b. 16 Nov., 1819; m. Leonard Homes (see 643).
vl George Howe (Rev.), b. 13 Aug., 1823; m. 1853, Eliza A. Perry;
grad. from Hamilton Coll.; from Theological Seminary in 1853;
was a clerg}rman in Central New York for 17 years; 23 years
Dist. Secy, of the American Baptist Missionary Union; res. s. p.,
Cortland, N. Y.
646 vii Edwin Pierson (Rev.), b. 11 Aug., 1828.
351 SOPHIA", daughter of Phineas^ and Susanna (Howe)
Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 5 May, 1792; died ;
married Elijah Williams of Cazenovia, ,N. Y.
Child {Williams), born in Cazenovia:
1 (Rev.) Dwighf, b. 28 April, 1826; d. 13 June, 1898; m. 1855,
Keziah E. Lane of New Hartford, N. Y.; licensed to preach, 1850,
by the M. E. Church; held several charges on Litchfield Circuit,
and others; his health was frail and he had to take vacations; an
abolitionist and prohibitionist, he was N. Y. State Secy, for the
party candidate in 1873; was Asst. Editor of the Northern
Christian Advocate, and edited The Watchword; published 2
volumes of verse, The Beautiful City, in 1876, and Mother of
the Wonderful, in 1887; he was an idealist, and a writer of
numerous booklets, hymns, songs, etc. He was interested in
the B. F. A., and wrote and sent copies of poem " Brigham " for
the Worcester Reunion, of which the following is the first stanza:
" Hail, sons of Brigham ! Loyal stock !
A chapter in our story,
Whose genesis is Plymouth Rock,
Its chivalry and glory;
Hail, daughters of a sturdy band,
Who faced the sunset beauty.
To build their altars long to stand.
Dear shrines of love and duty."
Ch. (Williams):
1 Susan B?; 2 Prof. Dwight, Jr., of Cazenovia; 3 Dau. (Mrs.
Vernon Bartow) ; 4 Child, d. y.
302 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
352 GEORGE HOWE% son of Phineas^ and Susanna (Howe)
Brigham; born in Southboro, Mass., 14 Dec, 1799;. died in Chicago,
1882; married Sally Maria, daughter of Deacon Evarts of Auburn,
N. Y.; born, 24 March, 1804; died 1880. Resided in Auburn.
Children:
i Caroline Matilda^ b. 9 March, 1822; d. June, 1826.
ii Charles Philip, b. 5 July, 1823; m. 3 Sept., 1850, Loraina Bur-
dick, b. 29 Sept., 1827; d. 1899. Ch.:
1 Alice\ b. 27 Dec, 1851.
2 Mary, b. 17 June, 1855.
3 Clara, b. 28 March, 1862; d. May, 1886.
iii Mary Jane, b. 2 Jan., 1825; d. July, 1826.
iv Mary Matilda, b. 9 Aug., 1826; living in 1905.
V Caroline Matilda, b. 28 Dec, 1828; d. 4 July, 1829.
vi George Fitch, b. 5 Oct., 1830; m. Maria Jones; res. 15 Lincoln
Ave., Freeport, 111. Ch.:
1 William H.\ b. 24 Aug., 1857.
vii James Rollins, b. 12 Oct., 1832; m. 31 Dec, 1861, Maria Parks,
b. 17 April, 1844. Ch.:
1 George H?, b. 6 Marcl^ 1866; d. 21 Aug., 1893.
2 James R., Jr., b. 28 Nov., 1869.
3 Frederick W., b. 10 June, 1878.
viii Willian* Oscar, b. IT Dec, 1833; m. 27 Nov., 1856, Ann Eliza,
dau. of Seymour and Dorcas (Higgins) Scoville; b. 15 April,
1836; res. Toledo, O. Ch.:
1 Frank Seymour^, b. 5 June, 1858.
2 Williami Oscar, Jr., b. in Auburn, N. Y., 14 June, 1864; m.
21 Oct., 1896, Ida May Herman, b. in Laselle, Mich., 4 Dec,
1867; res. Toledo. Ch.: i Herman Corless', b. 25 Nov., 1897;
ii Verne Elsworth, b. 22 Sept., 1902.
3 Alice Eliza, b. 9 Feb., 1870.
ix Dudley E., b. 12 Oct., 1838; d. 21 Nov., 1841.
353 SALMON*', son of Phineas^ and Susanna (Howe) Brig-
ham; born in Eaton, N. Y., 15 July, 1805; died in Madison, N. Y.,
24 Jan., 1890; married, 24 March, 1831, Mary Ann, daughter of
Oliver Sumner; born in Eaton, 13 April, 1812; died in Madison, 29
June, 1887. He lived in Eaton and Madison.
Children, the 6 elder born in Eaton, others in Madison:
i Oliver Sumner', b. 16 Feb., 1832; d. in Madison, 24 June, 1866; m.
9 Sept., 1862, Virginia, dau. of Daniel Livermore; b. 15 Sept.,
1839; d. 13 Feb., 1874. Ch.:
1 Harry Blossom^, b. in Madison, 20 Dec, 1864; d. 19 March,
1869.
ii Susan Howe, b. 3 March, 1834; d. 5 Aug., 1896; m. 25 June,
1855, Henry Martin Blossom of St. Louis, Mo. Ch. (Blossom),
b. in St. Louis:
1 Edmund Dwight^, b. 7 July, 1856.
2 Russell Nelson, h. 22 June, 1859; d. 1 Feb., 1897.
3 May, b. 28 Sept., 1861; m. 3 Nov., 1886, Thomas Chandler
Kimber.
4 Susan Sumner, h. 25 July, 1864.
5 Henry M., Jr., b. 10 May, 1866.
SIXTH GENERATION 303
647 iii Orlando L., b. 19 Dec, 1835.
iv Dwight W., b. 10 June, 1838; d. 38 July, 1851.
V Caroline M., b. 30 Jan., 1840; d. 28 Jan., 1851.
vi Mary Wattles, b. 29 May, 1842; m. 20 Sept., 1865, Sanford
Gillette Scarritt of St. Louis. Ch. (Scarritt) :
1 Charlotte Mary\ b. 27 Oct., 1866; m. 14 Nov., 189 1, Charles
Marie de Bremond. Ch. (De Bremond): i Mary Louise', b.
14 Dec, 1897; ii Edith Antoine, b. 21 March, 1900.
2 Edith Agnes, b. 5 June, 1870; m. 22 Jan., 1895, Edmund
Arthur Manny. Ch. (Manny) : i Edmund Scarritt', b. 18
Sept., 1897; ii Mary Sanford, b. 29 March, 1904.
3 Daisy, b. 9 April, 1872; d. 9 May, 1876.
vii Harriet Sophia, b. 21 July, 1844; m. 25 July, 1872, Marcus Dixon
Dodd of St. Louis. Ch. (Dodd) :
1 Agnes\ b. 8 May, 1873; m. 8 May, 1900, Thomas T, Richards.
Ch. (Richards): Eleanor', b. 12 July, 1902.
2 Florence, b. 2 Oct., 1874.
3 Grace, b. 5 April, 1877.
4 Helen, b. 16 Oct., 1878.
5 Ruth, b. 3 Aug., 1880.
6 Samuel M., b. 28 Aug., 1882.
7 Marcus D., b. 28 Jan., 1888.
8 Randall, b. 27 Dec, 1889.
viii Ellen Elizabeth, b. 9 May, 1846; m. 30 Sept., 1865, Daniel Liver-
more of Sangerfield, N. Y. Ch. (Livermore):
1 Katherine Ella\ b. 26 Sept., 1866.
2 Dam'eZ ^Toward, b. 28 Sept., 1868; m. Helen Hale Ch.: How-
ard Jerome', b. 28 April, 1893.
3 Mary Virginia, b. 16 Oct., 1873; m. Herbert Ray Burgess.
Ch. (Burgess): i Daniel L.», b. 19 June, 1896; ii Jane, b. 13
Oct., 1898; iii Herbert R., b. 12 Aug., 1900; iv Katherine,
b. 21 July, 1901.
4 Harry Brigham, b. 19 Sept., 1875.
5 Agnes Sumner, b. 15 March, 1879; m. Murray Moore Storke.
Ch. (Storke): Elliot Gray', b. 7 Sept., 1900.
ix Arthur L., b. 2 Nov., 1849; m. 15 Jan., 1872; Minnie E., dau.
of Da%'id Z. Brockett; b. 20 April, 1854; res. Madison. Ch.:
1 Hattie E.^ b. 20 March, 1873.
2 Faith Crosby, b. 9 July, 1882.
X Agnes L., b. 2 Nov., 1849; m. 15 Dec, 1881, Jay W. Coolidge of
Denver, Colo,
xi Delivan Dwight, b. 5 May, 1852; d. 23 March, 1857.
354 ASHBEL«, son of Ashbel SamueP and Persis (Brigham)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 1 July, 1800; died there 10
Oct., 1861; married Lydia H., daughter of Oliver Russell, born
23 Dec., 1795; died 1 April, 1888, in, or near Worcester, Mass.
Children, born in Marlboro:
i Maria Elizabeth', b. 17 Oct., 1821; m. Aug., 1847, Edward
Forbes Barnes, M. D., grandson of 170; b. 1809; d. 1878; was
grad. Harvard Coll., 1838; res. Marlboro. Ch. (Barnes), b. in
Marlboro:
1 Elizabeth Forbes\ b. 1848; d. 1869.
(Josephine A., whom they adopted, was b. 1870; ra. ,
and d. 1904.
304 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
ii Olive C, b. 29 Nov., 1833; m. 3 May, 1846, Charles L. Fay, son
of 408; b. in Marlboro, 29 Sept., 1822; d. 26 March, 1897, in
Marlboro. Ch. (Fay), b. in Marlboro:
1 Henrietta Adrian^, b. 5 April, 1847; m. Herbert Hudson. Ch.
(Hudson): Lewis'.
2 Mary Frances, b. 23 July, 1852; m. Samuel P. Cannell of
Everett, Mass.
3 Charlotte Sophia, b. 23 June, and d. 2 Oct., 1854.
iii Nahum B., b. 21 Oct., 1825.
iv Mary J., b. 31 Dec, 1827; m. in Lancaster, 26 Sept., 1849, Charles
B. Russell of Marlboro.
V Ann Janette, b. 7 April, 1830; m. 1850, George W. Loud of
Randolph, Mass., b. 1828; d. 1875.
vi George Winslow, b. 9 Nov., 1832; d. in Boston, 5 Aug., 1898; m.
28 Dec, 1857, Joanna H. Claflin of Holliston, Mass.; res. Wor-
cester. Ch. :
1 William F.^ b. 1 Dec, 1858; d. 15 March, 1878.
2 John C, b. 6 Aug., 1860 ; d. 9 Oct., 1861.
vii Charles L., b. 9 Nov., 1838; m. Martha Washington, probably
dau. of Jonathan Brigham, grandson of 83.
355 VARNU]\P, son of Ashbel SamueP and Persis (Brigham)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., ,8 July, 1802; died in West-
boro, 25 July, 1848; married June, 1824, Mary D., daughter of
John Bigelow of Charlton, Mass.;, born there, 4 April, 1807; died
in Chicopee, Mass., 6 March, 1873. Resided in Worcester, where
he was the first merchant tailor.
Children:
i Persis P.', b. 1 Aug., 1825; d. 4 Jan., 1851.
il Mary J., b. 14 June, 1827; d. 25 Sept., 1857.
iii Calvin L., b. 8 Sept., 1828; d. 15 Oct., 1850.
iv Sarah J., b. 23 Sept., 1830; d. s. p., 23 Jan., 1856; m. William
Eager.
V Varnum B., b. 21 Feb., 1833; m. Cate Harris. Ch.:
1 Varnnm Charle.f^, res. Worcester,
vi Emery P., b. 18 Jan., 1835; d. Jan., 1835.
vii Mary L., b. 18 May, 1836; d. in Providence, R. I., s. p., 1872;
m. (1) John H. Robinson, who d. ; m. (2) James Chaffee. Ch.
(Robinson) :
1 Willie H.^, d. j.
viii Frances Felicia, b. in Worcester, 3 Sept., 1838; d. 24 May, 1900;
m. Nathaniel Fenner Hopkins, b. 4 Feb., 1838; res. Salem, Mass,
Ch. (Hopkins):
1 Clarence B.\ b. 4 July, 1862; d. 5 July, 1865.
2 Martha Amelia, b. 18 Feb., 1865; m. Charles H. Kaler. Ch.
(Kaler): i Carrie F.''; ii Herbert H.
3 Maude Frances, b. 30 March, 1867.
4 Florence Evelyn, b. 1 Oct., 1868; res. Salem, Mass.
5 Stella, b. 17 June, 1870.
ix Martha A., b. 25 July, 1840; d. s. p., 1864; m. George Shat-
tuck.
X John A., b. 18 Sept., 1843; d. 2 Aug., 1854.
SIXTH GENERATION 305
xi Abby H., b. 31 Dec, 1845; m. 1865, Horace M. Emerson, who d,
1881. Ch. (Emerson) :
1 Mary D.\ b. 1866; m. Walter E. Dyer. Ch. (Dyer): i Abby';
ii Jennie.
3 Oliver M., b. 1869.
356 CHARLES% son of Ashbel SamueP and Persis (Brigham)
Brigham; born in Marlboro^ Mass., 26 Sept., 1806; married Mary
Jane Day; born 23 Feb., 1810. Probably resided in Philadelphia.
Children :
i Harriet J.', b. 2 July, 1830.
ii Eleanora, b. 2 Dec, 1831.
iii Charles E., b. 12 Oct., 1833.
iv George F., b. 28 Feb., 1835.
V Mary E., b. 3 March, 1837; res. Philadelphia,
vi Joseph D., b. 27 Jan., 1838,
vii John D., b. 15 Sept., 1840.
viii Ashbel S., b. 18 Sept., 1842.
ix Thomas T., b. 3 March, 1847.
X William L., b. 15 Jan., 1849.
357 MARY*', daughter of Ashbel SamueP and Persis (Brig-
ham) Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 21 March, 1815; died in
Providence, R. I., 30 April, 1879; married, 7 May, 1834, Jonathan
Jenks, born in Brookfield, Mass., S.Jan., 1811; died in Providence,
8 Oct., 1885. He was a direct descendant of Roger Williams in
the 7th generation; the emigrant Jenks was an inventor, and had
the first patent in this country; he made the dies for coining the
" Pine Tree " shilling, and built the first fire engine in America;
came from Hammersmith, ,Eng.
They moved to Providence in 1839, where he was a merchant.
She was a woman of sterling character, whose influence wiU be felt
for many generations.
Children (Jenks) :
i Charles Brigham', b. in Springfield, Mass., 27 Jan., 1836; d.
19 April, 1903, in Providence, where a merchant; m. 9 Dec,
1863, Amelia Peabody of Newport, R. I., b. 25 Dec, 1843. Ch.,
b. in P.:
1 Arthur Peabody^ b. 14 Dec, 1865; d. 24 Nov., 1869.
3 Richard Peabody, b. 28 May, 1870.
3 Vincent Wait, b. 22 Oct., 1872; d. 4 Aug., 1873.
ii Adelaide Persis, b. 20 Nov., 1839; m. 14 Dec, 1864, Edward
A. Peabodie, wool merchant of Providence; b. 29 Sept., 1825;
d. 26 Dec, 1892. Ch. (Peabodie):
1 Mary Blanche^ b. 19 Sept., 1866; d. 24 Sept., 1866.
iii William Samuel, b. 23 Jan., 1842; m. 14 June, 1865, Martha I.
Kingsley; b. Aug., 1840. Ch.:
1 Harry Kingsley^; 2 Frederick Augustus.
iv Abby Mallard, b. 25 June, 1844; m. 29 March, 1865, Eliphalet
I. Armington, b. in Seekonk, Mass., 30 June, 1841 ; was in the
Civil War nine months; res. Dorchester. Ch. (Armington):
306 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
1 Edith Blanche^, b. 18 Dec, 1866; d. in P., R. I., 21 Aug.,
1903; m. 18 Apr., 1887, Ralph F. Ketchum, b. in St. John,
N. B., 12 April, 1866. Ch. (Ketchum): Eleanor Armington»,
b. 5 March, 1888.
2 Betsey Brigham, b. in Everett, Mass., 15 April, 1877; m. 25
June, 1903, Herman K. Higgins.
V Caroline Harrington, b. 19 Nov., 1846; d. 1 Aug., 1900; m. 3
Nov., 1886, Rich. W. Pinney, b. in Springfield, Mass., Dec, 1846;
res. there.
358 ARTEMAS® son of LovewelP and Betty (Rice) Brigham;
born in Marlboro, 27 April, 1796; died 25 Jan., 1839; married Mary-
Ann, daughter of Aaron Arnold, who died 5 Sept., 1838, ae. 31.
Children, horn in Marlboro :
i William H.% b. 18 Aug., 1831; probably had ch.:
1 Alfred^, who m. Elizabeth Barnes, granddaughter of 395.
ii Lydia A., b. 28 Dec, 1833; d. 1 Oct., 1834.
648 iii John Baker, b. 11 Aug., 1835.
iv Mary S., b. 25 Feb., 1837; m. D. O. Frost of Saxonville, Mass.
359 CAPT. FRANCIS% son of Ivory^ and Sally (Wilkins)
Brigham; born in Marlboro, Mass., 12 April, 1813; died in Hudson,
Mass., 7 Dec., 1880; married (1), 5 Jan., 1835, Sophia, daughter
of Francis Gleason; born 18 April, 1814<; died, 31 Aug., 1845; mar-
ried (2) Emily N. Houghton, who died 6 Dec, 1855; married (3)
24 May, 1856, Persis E. Watkins, born 20 May, 1818; died 22
June, 1886.
He resided in Feltonville, now Hudson, where he founded the
firm of F. Brigham & Co., shoe manufacturers, erecting a very
complete factory on part of the fine waterpower which he owned.
In 1861, although there were 17 shoe shops in ,the place, his was
the principal one and he employed 300 men. They made large
quantities of shoes for soldiers in the Civil War. To-day, the firm
of F. Brigham & Gregory Co., is the oldest shoe manufacturing
concern in the United States, with large facilities. Was selectman
for Marlboro 1846-1847; Representative, 1850-1852.
Children (by first wife), born in Marlboro:
i Francis D.', b. 27 Oct., 1835; d. 20 Sept., 1836.
649 ii Rufus H., b. 9 June, 1837.
iii Wilbur F., b. 9 April, 1839; d. unm., 13 Nov., 1901. Educated
at Monson Academy and learned his father's business in all its
details; was in the Civil War 100 days, and prevented from
further service by poor eyesight; an active worker in the tem-
perance cause, and supporter of the Baptist church. In 1865
went into business with his father and became Vice-President of
the F. Brigham & Gregory Shoe Co.
iv Capt. William F., twin to Wilbur, enlisted 6 Aug., 1862, and
d. in the hospital in Annapolis, Md., 6 Feb., 1865; was in the
battles of Fredericksburg and Vicksburg; was a remarkable
mathematician, with good powers of oratory, and known in his
SIXTH GENERATION 307
youth as the " Eloquent Brigham," taking part in many debates
with older and riper men, and showing unusual ability.
650 V Waldo B., b. 23 June, 1841.
vi Laura S., b. 14 Sept., 1843; m. Charles A. Wood of Hudson,
and d.
Children {by second wife), born in Marlboro:
vii Infant, b. Jan., 1853; d. y.
viii Ida M., b. 6 April, 1855.
360 CHARLES% son of Ivory^ and Sally (Wilkins) Brigham;
born in Marlboro^ Mass.,jll Dec, 1815; died in Hudson, Mass., 2
Jan., 1899; married, 5 Oct., 1841, Sarah H. Barnard; born in
Harvard, Mass., 30 July, 1820; died .30 July, 1880.
Mr. Brigham was one of the last survivors of the sixth genera-
ation of Brighams. He was a farmer and contractor. Was assessor
in Marlboro in 1849, and for many years overseer of the poor.
Was a great temperance laborer and an anti-slavery man; verv
public spirited and one of the founders and leading men in the
Unitarian church.
Children, born in Feltonville :
i Charles G.^ b. 9 July, 1842; res. unm., in Hudson; in the Navy
in 1862, in the South Atlantic, on the Ino; then in the Light
Battery in Virginia.
ii Warren S., b. 14 Jan., 1844; d. 19 Feb., 1904; res. Marlboro,
and Randsburg, Cal.; m. Isabella S. Leighton of Marlboro, who
d. 14 Nov., 1875. Ch.:
1 Lena Isabella^, b. 11 March, 1872; m. 24 Nov., 1892, Carl L.
Hanson, b. in Sweden, 1863; res. Los Angeles, Cal. Ch.
(Hanson): i Charles L.», b. 11 March, 1894; ii Irma I., b. 1
April, 1897; iii Leighton J., b. 18 Sept., 1903.
2 Cora, m. Howe of No. Adams, Mass.
3 Ralph W., m. ; has 1 ch. ; res. Bakersfield, Cal.
4 Grace, m. ; res. Los Angeles.
5 Leslie, res. unm., Los Angeles.
iii Sarah L., b. 26 June, 1845; m. Everett Hussey of Hudson. Ch.
(Hussey) :
1 Harry E.\ grad. Tufts College; res. s. p., Pittsfteld, Mass.
iv Francis W., b. in Hudson; m. ; a farmer, res.
Hudson. Ch. :
1 Cliford^, m. ; 4 ch.
2 Irvine/, m. s. p.
v Harriet H., d. 30 Aug., 1860, ae. 10.
vi Caleb B., res. s. p., Hudson,
vii Horace, b. 12 June, 1857; d. 30 Dec, 1861.
viii Infant, twin to Horace; d. y.
361 ARTEMAS WARD% son of Artemas^ and Mary (Cornish)
Brigham; born in New Marlboro, Mass., 25 Dec, 1781; married,
5 Feb., 1814, Sophia Phelps of Chatham, N. Y. Resided in West-
moreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., but we are not informed as to his
later years and time of death.
308 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
Children, born in Westmoreland:
i Origen S/, b. 15 March, 1815; d, 24 Dec., 1850; m. Sept., 1842,
Frances E. Waterman of Troy, N. Y. Ch.:
1 Adeline F.^ b. 20 May, 1846, in Troy,
ii Austin P., b. 18 Sept., 1819; d. 3 May, 1822, in "Westmoreland.
651 iii Edwin W., b. 4 Feb., 1825.
362 BETSEY% daughter, of Artemas^ and Mary (Cornish)
Brigham; born in New Marlboro, Mass.; died in Clinton, N. Y.;
married, Harvey, son of Walter Pollard of Clinton.
Children (Pollard), born in Clinton:
i H. Franklin', b. 28 April, 1816; d. in Verona, N. Y., 22 Dec,
1862; was a dwarf,
ii Mary Eleanor, b. 21 June, 1819; d. in Hartland, N. Y., 7 Jan.,
1887; m. 29 Oct., 1845, Levi H., son of David IngersoU of Clinton;
moved to Middleport, N. Y. Ch. (IngersoU), b. in Middleport:
1 Ella Mary\ b. 21 April, 1849; d. 26 Sept., 1849.
2 Henry Brigham, b. 6 Dec, 1852; res. Hartland; m. 25 Sept.,
1875, .
iii Martha Ann, b. 5 May, 1823; m. 22 July, 1846, Parsons S., son
of Rev. Rufus Pratt; res. Dorset, Vt. Ch. (Pratt), the second
and third b. in Winfield, N. Y.:
1 Anna Serena^, b. in Niles, Mich., 20 Jan., 1848; d. unm., 25
Nov., 1865.
2 Carrie Guyon, b. 24 Aug., 1849; m. Charles B. Gilbert of
Dorset, Vt.; 6 ch.
S Ada Martha, b. 13 July, 1852; ra. John Sherman of Dorset,
Vt.; 4 ch.
4 Bertha Mary, b. in Dorset, 8 Aug., 1858; d. 4 Feb., 1904.
iv James Harvey, b. 3 July, 1832; m. (1) 31 March, 1856, Lorania
Ely; m. (2) 4 Aug., 1882, Mrs. Mary A. La Due; was in Serroll's
Eng. Corps, Civil War; res. Middleport, N. Y. Ch. (by first
wife) :
1 Floyd\ b. 19 Dec, 1857.
Ch. (by second wife) :
2 Martha Eleanor, b. 5 July, 1884.
363 REV. JOHN CLARK% D. D., son of John^ and Phebe
(Clark) Brigham; born in New Marlboro, Mass., 10 Feb., 1794;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y., 10 Aug., 1862; married, 23 Aug., 1840,
Maria E. Evertson; born in New , York City, 5 Feb., 1811; died in
Brooklyn, 10 Dec, 1864.
Dr. Brigham was graduated A. B. from Williams College in 1819;
completed his course at Andover Theological Seminary in 1822.
He spent four years in South America and Mexico at the suggestion
of the A. B. F. M., studying religious conditions; as a result,
Protestant chaplaincies , were established in Rio Janeiro and other
centers. Returning home in 1826, became Corresponding Secretary
of the Am. Bible Society, being the first secretary appointed to
give all his time to the work; held this position until 1862 with
singular ability and success. Largely through his influence the
SIXTH GENERATION 309
present Bible House in New York was erected. He received the
degree of D. D. from Andover^ in 1832.
Children, born in Brooklyn:
i John Cotton', b. 18 Sept., 1841; d. Sept., 1843.
ii EUza Roosevelt, b. 27 Dec, 1842; d. unm., 13 Oct., 1890.
652 iii Walter Evertson, b. 14 March, 1845.
iv Mary Douglass, b. 18 Sept., 1847; m. 21 Dec, 1869, John Henry
Cooke, b. in Litchfield, Conn., 11 Nov., 1843; he engaged in
business, and res. retired in Brooklyn. Ch. (Cooke), b. in Brook-
lyn:
1 Adelaide^, b. 3 Oct., 1870; m. 14 March, 1900, John Sayres,
b. in B., 6 Feb., 1875; res. Brooklyn. Ch. (Sayres), b. in B.:
i Clinton*, b. 23 March, 1903; ii Philip Isham, b. 28 Sept.,
1904.
2 May Roosevelt, b. 11 Nov., 1882.
653 V Amariah Ward, b. 14 Oct., 1850.
vi John Knox, b. 29 Jan., 1854; was grad. Univ. City of New York,
1873, A. B.; P. B. K., 4th honor, 3d fellow; studied architec-
ture; was in business as designer and importer and contractor
in N. Y. City until appointed Inspector in Bureau of Water
Purveyors in 1890, and Clerk in Bureau of Water Register in
1894; res. unm.. New York City; is now engaged in mercantile
pursuits.
vii Antoinette Gibson, b. 29 April, 1856; m. 30 Sept., 1886, James
Burling Hopper, b. in Paterson, N. J., 19 Feb., 1851; d. in El
Paso, Texas, 14 March, 1901. Ch. (Hopper), b. in Brooklyn:
1 Louise Roosevelt^, b. 31 July, 1887,
364 HARRY®, son of John^ and Phebe (Clark) Brigham; born
in New Marlboro, Mass., 19 June, 1796; died in Chatham, N. Y.,
16 Oct., 1864; married, 18 Jan., 1827, Sarah, daughter of Alex-
ander Bowman; born in Chatham, 1 Feb., 1808; died in Jersey City,
30 Nov., 1885.
Children, born in Chatham:
i Phebe Ann', b. 11 June, 1829; a teacher for forty years; prin-
cipal of No. 1 School, Bergen, N. J.; d. unm., Stamford, N. Y.,
27 May, 1903.
654 ii Lewis Alexander, b. 2 Jan., 1831.
655 iii John Calvin, b. 15 Aug., 1883.
365 DR. AMARIAH®, son of John'' and Phebe (Clark) Brig-
ham; born in New Marlboro, Mass.,, 26 Dec., 1798; died 8 Sept.,
1849, in Utica, N. Y.; married, 23 Jan., 1833, Susan Root of
Greenfield, Mass.; born ^23 Aug., 1811; died 12 Nov., 1896. He
went with his father to Chatham, N. Y., in 1805.
After early hardships he began to practice medicine in Enfield,
Mass., soon after reaching his majority, and then went to Green-
field and established himself in competition with practitioners of
age and established reputation. He became eminent in his pro-
310 THE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM FAMILY
fession in Massachusetts and in Hartford, Conn., where he began
to practice in 1831 after a year abroad. He regarded infant
schools and religious revivals .as frequent inducers of insanity.
His little volume " Influences of Mental Cultivation on Health "
and his later works, " Influences of Religion on the Health and
Physical Welfare of Mankind," were in advance of their time;
they are behind the present expression of thought which he contrib-
uted to form. His last special work, "An Inquiry concerning the
Diseases and Functions of the Brain, Spinal Cord and Nerves,"
only indicates what was then known on the subject. In 1840,
Dr. Brigham was appointed Superintendent of the Retreat for the
Insane in Hartford; from there he went to a similar institution in
Utica. Endowed with rare judgment, unselfishness, courage and
an iron will, he gave himself fully to the service of mankind in
a much needed field, educating the public and the Legislature as
to the needs of the insane, and in 1844, with his own means, es-
tablished the Journal of Insanity, the first periodical of that char-
acter in the world, and which is still published. He was the
pioneer in all modern methods for caring for the insane. Pritch-
ard, at the head of one of the greatest English asylums, advised
an American to seek in the Utica asylum a degree of perfection
not then found in England. Dr. Brigham was truly a great man
in his day and generation, but is more highly appreciated now than
he was in his own time. " Brigham Hall " Hospital, Canandaigua,
is named in his honor.
Children, the 3 eldest born in Hartford, the 2 youngest in Utica:
i Susan M.^ b. 25 Oct., 1833; d. 19 Feb., 1881.
ii John Spencer, b. 7 July, 1836; d. 16 Aug., 1848; his early
death hastened his father's decease,
ill Helen, b. 1839.
iv Louise, b. 17 Aug., 1843; d. 1901.
v Mary L. (posthumous), b. 1 Feb., 1850; d. 10 June, 1871.
366 ELIZA% daughter of John'^ and Phebe (Clark) Brigham;
born in New Marlboro, Mass., 27 Aug., 1801; died 24 June, 1870;
married 6 Feb., 1825, Robbins, son of Jabez and Mary (Robbins)
Burrell of Sheffield, O., born 20 Sept., 1799; died 24 Aug., 1877.
She was, a woman of strong character.
Children (Burrell), bom in She^eld:
i Solon', b. 26 Feb., 1826; d. 1828.
ii Phebe A., b. 2 Oct., 1827; d. 2 Feb., 1851.
Hi Solon J., b. 7 Dec., 1829; d. 5 Oct., 1854.
iv Lewis Brigham, b. 1 April, 1832; he served in the Navy, 1864-65;
res. Portland, Oregon; retired from business; has always been
a helper of others.
V Edward P., b. 21 Jan., 1835; d. Nov., 1891; a man of high
Amariah Brigham, M.D. (365)
SIXTH GENERATION 311
integrity; m. 19 Nov., 1862, Rosa Clifton, and res. Sheffield, O.
Ch.:
1 Harry C.% b. 15 Dec, 1863; m. Tempe Garfield; res. Sheffield;
5 ch.
vi Howard A., b. 4 Jan., 1838; m. (1) 15 Oct., 1863, Harriet Ever-
son, who d. 5 June, 1876; m. (2) 20 Dec, 1877, Martha Jackson;
he stands high as an editor in Iowa, and has a unique style; grad.
from Oberlin Coll.
vii Julia E., b. 15 Nov., 1840; m. 19 Dec, 1866, John Merton; res., a
widow, in Oberlin; she is " a copy of her mother." Ch. (Merton):
1 Leicis B.^ b. 4 March, 1868.
viii Dwight R., b. 1 March., 1843; m. 20 March, 1890, Clara B. Kent;
res. s. p., Canandaigua, N. Y. ; a grad. of Oberlin CoU., and has
a medical degree from the Univ. of Mich.; he was given charge
of " Brigham Hall " Hospital for the Insane in 1876, and has
since remained at the head of the institution which was named
for his uncle. Dr. Amariah Brigham.
367 RUFUS**, son of John^ and Lucy (Howe) Brigham; born
in Alstead, N. H., 29 June, 1791; died in Ackworth, N. H., 23
Aug., 1867; married 24 Feb., 1814, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac
Duncan, born in Alstead, 22 Sept., 1794; died 27 April, 1858. He
was a farmer and resided in Ackworth, N. H.
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